• From: Peter Flynn <peter@s...>
• To: xml-dev@l...
• Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 21:40:31 +0000

On 15/01/2022 12:42, Roger L Costello wrote:

> Why does XML call them “attributes”?

Because SGML did. The fact that they are expressed as name=value pairs
is wholly coincidental and of little relevance.

Peter

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