• From: Michael Kay <mike@s...>
• To: ihe.onwuka@g...
• Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 20:09:31 +0000

> 
> It's an attribute of a thing because we are only concerned about a diseases behavior with respect to the infected entity. 

Indeed. Whether something is an attribute or a thing depends on what we are concerned with. Similarly "address" - as soon as we start to be interested in whether two addresses are in the same street, an address ceases to be an attribute of a person and starts to be an entity in its own right.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

• References:
  • Why does XML call them "attributes" and not name-value pairs?
    • From: Roger L Costello <costello@m...>
  • Re: Why does XML call them "attributes" and not name-valuepairs?
    • From: Michael Kay <mike@s...>
  • Re: Why does XML call them "attributes" and not name-value pairs?
    • From: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
  • Re: Why does XML call them "attributes" and not name-value pairs?
    • From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@g...>
  • Re: Why does XML call them "attributes" and not name-valuepairs?
    • From: Michael Kay <mike@s...>
  • Re: Why does XML call them "attributes" and not name-value pairs?
    • From: Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@g...>