What is the difference between Elements and Attributes in XML ?
Akash Varshney
Attributes consist of a named pair attached to an element start-tag. An example of how an attribute is:Image
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
we are using Elements as nodes.we are using Attributes inside the nodesExample:
<student sex="male">Bidyasagar</student>
In the above example is an elementand sex=”male” is atribute.
Elements can be defined to be in a certain order, while attributes can appear in any order
Elements can occur more than once (repeating) within the same level, while attributes can only appear once within the same level
Elements can contains another element but attributes won't.