Problems about the Spectrum Data Model from the view of a Web Service programmer

[Norman Gray]

On 2006 Sep 15 , at 16.56, Rob Seaman wrote:

(a propos of things he didn't think ought to be forbidden (I think))

> 	documents containing:
> 		- non-empty elements with attributes
> 		- elements enclosing both sub-elements and literal values

The question of elements-vs-attributes has been a rolling fight for  
at least the last 20 years.  It is probably unlikely to be resolved  
here.

And just by the way, XML design goal number 6 was `XML documents  
should be human-legible and reasonably clear' -- it's not just for  
the machines.

Norman


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