>> 
 >> Which attributes should we have for node? Here are some thoughts. Should
 s> any
 >> of these be a child to node?

 s> Are there any guidelines as to where attributes are used over children?
 s> Of all the XML tutorials I never figured out where one was preferable
 s> over the other.

I am hoping that Chris Cranford will pop up in here. He is supposed to be
VERY GOOD with XML. I think he could guide us on that. My first thought are
that if a child doesn't have any attributes then why not make it an
attribute of the "parent".

 >> number=

 s> Definately number, it identifies the node.  It doesn't matter for the
 s> rest, except for readability (IMO children are more readable than
 s> attributes).

I agree with this.

What about something like flags, should their be children flags?

 >> points should be a child to node, I believe. Points should have similar
 >> if not the same attributes /children as a node.

 s> Any reason for having points as  under a
 child,
 s> instead of just   ?

I thought for Readability and structure. Let me set some up as you suggest
and see how that works out.

With best regards, Dale Ross.  E-mail: Dale.Ross{at}p1.f1.n379.z1.fidonet.org

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