Some context: Recently for graduate school I researched UML tools for usability and UML comprehension in general for an independent project. I also model/architect for a living. The previous posts have too many answers and not enough questions. A common misunderstanding is that UML is about creating diagrams. Sure, diagrams are important, but really you … Read more
There is an article titled “Principles of XML design: When to use elements versus attributes” on IBM’s website. Though there doesn’t appear to be many hard and fast rules, there are some good guidelines mentioned in the posting. For instance, one of the recommendations is to use elements when your data must not be normalized … Read more
In general terms (and in normal English usage) the terms mean the same thing. In the specific context of HTML / Javascript the terms get confused because the HTML representation of a DOM element has attributes (that being the term used in XML for the key/value pairs contained within a tag) but when represented as … Read more