From: Jamis Buck <jgb3@...>
Date: 2004-11-06T00:39:59+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] GEDCOM Parser (#6)

James Edward Gray II wrote:
> On Nov 5, 2004, at 8:58 AM, Jim Menard wrote:
> 
>> What determines whether the value should be an attribute or a 
>> sub-element? It's not level because, for example, sex and name are at 
>> the same level but name's value is an attribute where sex's is a text 
>> sub-element.
>>
>> Is the rule that the value should be an attribute only if the element 
>> has children?
> 
> 
> That's how I took it, but maybe we can drag Jamis out to clarify this 
> for us...
> 
> James Edward Gray II

Yup, that was the rule. If a node has children, it's value should be an 
attribute. Otherwise, it's value should be a sub-element.

- Jamis

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