Re: [xml-dev] Why does XML call them "attributes" and not name-value pairs?

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Re: [xml-dev] Why does XML call them "attributes" and not name-value pairs?
On 15/01/2022 12:42, Roger L Costello wrote:

> Why does XML call them “attributes”?

Because SGML did. The fact that they are expressed as name=value pairs
is wholly coincidental and of little relevance.

Peter