> In other words, when should data be contained by elements? Or conversely, when
> should data be an attribute of an element instead of contained by that element?
> I prefer the latter method, given an attributes ability to store CDATA without
^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^
> CDATA section delimiters. OSD and CDF use the former method for:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[ I hope I don't mispeak here. I haven't yet gotten my arms around all
the differences between XML and SGML. (That's why I am lurking here ;-)
Someone please correct me if I have it wrong in an XML context
]
"CDATA" is "overloaded" in SGML.
CDATA attributes and CDATA marked sections have some significant
semantic differences.
This was discussed in September in comp.text.sgml, in the thread with:
Subject: CDATA in attributes and content
Where this helpful URL was given (thanks to Joe English):
http://www.art.com/~joe/sgml/cdata.html
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Fort Worth, Texas
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