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What is the difference between Elements and Attributes in XML ?

Akash Varshney

Akash Varshney
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    Keerthi Venkatesan
    Attributes consist of a named pair attached to an element start-tag. An example of how an attribute is:Image
    Keerthi Venkatesan
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    Keerthi Venkatesan
    Elements can be parents of other elements and/or attributes and can be repeated within the same level of an XML document. They also usually have start and end tags. An element would look like:Image
    Keerthi Venkatesan
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    Bidyasagar Mishra

    we are using Elements as nodes.
    we are using Attributes inside the nodes
    Example: 

    1. <student sex="male">Bidyasagar</student>

    In the above example is an element
    and sex=”male” is atribute.

    Bidyasagar Mishra
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    Keerthi Venkatesan
    Elements can be defined to be in a certain order, while attributes can appear in any order
    Keerthi Venkatesan
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    Keerthi Venkatesan
    Elements can occur more than once (repeating) within the same level, while attributes can only appear once within the same level
    Keerthi Venkatesan
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    Akash Varshney
    Elements can contains another element but attributes won't.
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