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<h1 class="topictitle1">Creating attributes and attribute lists</h1>
<div><p>You can use an attribute to describe an element or provide information
about it. Attribute lists enable you to group together all related attributes
for an element. </p><div class="skipspace"><p>All elements must have their attributes listed in an attribute
list <img src="../images/attribute_list.gif" />. If you add an attribute <img src="../images/attribute.gif" /> to an element that does not
already have an attribute list, an attribute list will be created for the
element with a new attribute inserted in it.</p>
<p>To create an attribute,
follow these steps:</p>
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<ol><li class="skipspace"><span>Open your DTD in the DTD editor.</span></li>
<li class="skipspace"><span>In the Outline view, right-click the element you want to work with
and click <span class="uicontrol">Add Attribute</span>.</span> An attribute list
will be created for your element if one does not already exist. </li>
<li class="skipspace"><span>Select the attribute you just created. </span></li>
<li class="skipspace"><span>In the Properties view, type the name of the attribute in the <span class="uicontrol">Name</span> field.</span></li>
<li class="skipspace"><span>From the <span class="uicontrol">Type</span> list, select the attribute's
type. </span></li>
<li class="skipspace"><span>From <span class="uicontrol">Usage</span> list, select the default usage
of the attribute.</span> It determines how the attribute can be used.</li>
<li class="skipspace"><span>If you selected <span class="uicontrol">#FIXED</span> or <span class="uicontrol">Default</span> as
the default usage of the attribute, you must enter a value in the <span class="uicontrol">Default
value</span> field.</span></li>
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<div><p><b class="reltaskshd">Related tasks</b><br />
<a href="../topics/tremvelm.html" title="If you have created elements, attributes, entities, notations, and comments you no longer need, you can delete any of them.">Deleting elements, attributes, entities, notations, and comments</a><br />
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