Re: [xml-dev] Don’t create elements with simple content and attributes

From
John Cowan <>
To
Ihe Onwuka <>
Date
2018-09-28T19:45:02Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Don’t create elements with simple content and attributes


On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 11:43 AM Ihe Onwuka <[email protected]> wrote:
 
<Cost>
    
<Currency>USD</Currency>
    
<Amount>8.95</Amount>
     <Currency>GBP</Currency>
    
<Amount>6.95</Amount>  
</Cost>  

Here the relationship between the Amounts and the currency that applies to (labels) them is the immediate preceding sibling.

I would have no idea what that meant either.  If an article of commerce has more than one cost, it should be put in a separate Cost element with some distinguishing feature such as country.

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