Can one specify XML attribute values as CDATA ? If yes – what would be the schema for the same. If not – why is this limitation not addressed in XML ?
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Can one specify XML attribute values as CDATA ? If yes – what would be the schema for the same. If not – why is this limitation not addressed in XML ?
No you cannot do this.
There’s a very fine line (and a very large debate) between what constitutes an attribute and what constitutes a child element. See here for example.
That given, the ‘limitation’ isn’t addressed in XML because it doesn’t exist. You always have the ability to put this data in a child element, and in fact I would go so far as to say that if you even have to think about this, an element is the correct structure.
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