From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2004-11-06T01:14:17+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] GEDCOM Parser (#6)

Jamis Buck wrote:
> 
> 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.

	Why?

In this example

    <name value="Jamis Gordon /Buck/">
     <surn>Buck</surn>
     <givn>Jamis Gordon</givn>
    </name>

it appears that the value attribute can be derived from the immediate 
children. Or vice versa. Why the duplication?

And why the embedded pseudo-markup in the value attribute ( e.g., the 
use of '/')?

    value="Jamis Gordon /Buck/"


Is there a spec for this XML format, or is this deliberately tricky  to 
make it more challenging?


James