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In some texts about XML, the terms tag and element seem to be used interchangeably. Do they mean the same thing, or are do these terms represent different things?
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Tags mark the start and end of an element. See the specification: Each XML document contains one or more elements, the boundaries of which are either delimited by start-tags and end-tags, or, for empty elements, by an empty-element tag.
Definition and Usage. The <a> tag defines a hyperlink, which is used to link from one page to another. The most important attribute of the <a> element is the href attribute, which indicates the link's destination. By default, links will appear as follows in all browsers: An unvisited link is underlined and blue.
Tags mark the start and end of an element.
<foo> — start tag</foo> — end tag<foo></foo> — elementSee the specification:
Each XML document contains one or more elements, the boundaries of which are either delimited by start-tags and end-tags, or, for empty elements, by an empty-element tag.
See also section 5 of NOT the comp.text.sgml FAQ
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<address category = "residence"> <name>name content</name> <company>company content</company> <phone>(011) 123-4567</phone> </address> Here <address> is an element which has attribute category
Start and end tags of an element must be identical.
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