XML Attributes

In HTML we can have <table width="100">. The "width" attribute provides additional information about the <table> element. To provide additional information about elements, XML elements can also have attributes in the start tag, just like HTML. For example, <category name="GPS">

Please note, in an XML file, an attribute value must be quoted with either single or double quotes.

Take a look at these examples:

<customer gender="male">
<firstname>John</firstname>
<lastname>Smith</lastname>
</customer>

<customer>
<gender>male</gender>
<firstname>John</firstname>
<lastname>Smith</lastname>
</customer>

In the first example gender is an attribute. In the last, gender is an element. Both examples contain the same information.

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