Re: Comments on Attributes/Elements

[Ko Fujimura <fujimura@isl.ntt.co.jp>]

Hi Walt,

There are a number of viewpoints regarding this question as you see:

  http://xml.coverpages.org/elementsAndAttrs.html

I have no strong preference, but I prefer attribute to element for 
describing short contents as we do in IOTP or ECML, e.g., BrandName, 
ProtocolName, WalletID, ...

Walt Houser wrote:
> 
> Why use attributes
> 
>      <Provider Name="Voucher Wallet 2001">
>        <vts:KeyInfo>...</vts:KeyInfo>
>      </Provider>
>      <Issuer Name="Alice Book Center, Ltd.">
>        <vts:KeyInfo>...</vts:KeyInfo>
>      </Issuer>
> 
> instead of elements?
> 
>      <Provider>
>      <Name>Voucher Wallet 2001</Name>
>        <vts:KeyInfo>...</vts:KeyInfo>
>      </Provider>
>      <Issuer>
>      <Name>Alice Book Center, Ltd.</Name>
>        <vts:KeyInfo>...</vts:KeyInfo>
>      </Issuer>

Regards,

Ko
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