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The !ATTLIST Statement


Every element can have a set of attributes associated with it. The attributes for an element are defined in an !ATTLIST statement. The format for the !ATTLIST statement is shown here:


  <!ATTLIST ElementName AttributeDefinition>

ElementName is the name of the element to which these attributes belong.

AttributeDefinition consists of the following components:


  AttributeName AttributeType DefaultDeclaration

AttributeName is the name of the attribute. AttributeType refers to the data type of the attribute. DefaultDeclaration contains the default declaration section of the attribute definition.

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