xmlAttributeType {XML} | R Documentation

## The type of an XML attribute for element from the DTD

### Description

This examines the definition of the attribute, usually returned by parsing the DTD with `parseDTD` and determines its type from the possible values: Fixed, string data, implied, required, an identifier, an identifier reference, a list of identifier references, an entity, a list of entities, a name, a list of names, an element of enumerated set, a notation entity.

### Usage

    xmlAttributeType(def, defaultType=FALSE)

### Arguments

`def` | the attribute definition object, usually retrieved from the DTD via `parseDTD`.
`defaultType` | whether to return the default value if this attribute is defined as being a value from an enumerated set.

### Value

A string identifying the type for the sspecified attributed.

### Author(s)

Duncan Temple Lang

### References

http://www.w3.org/XML, http://www.omegahat.org/RSXML

### See Also

`parseDTD`

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