XML Dom: storing key/value pairs

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I am new to dealing with XML and I have to store key/value pairs. Is there a preferred way of doing this? Here are a few possibilities I could come up with: Way 1 ``` ``` Way 2 ``` k1val1 k2val2 k3val3 ``` Way 3 ``` val1 val2 val3 ``` Thanks. update: In the meantime I have found this: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-eleatt.html

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The default way of saving XML files is Way 2, as a lot of XML files use that markup.

But Personally I prefer Way 1 for markup over the others.

It produces way smaller files in terms to readability and linecount, gives a good overview of the items contained in another, bigger element and you don't have to bother creating an end-element tag for each item used in the file (except the container items).

But at the ent of the day, it comes to what YOU prefer and are comfortable with.

XML Dom: storing key/value pairs

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