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title: "What is a Simple Element?"  
description: "What is a Simple Element?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2012-03-12  
updated: 2020-09-20  
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category: "xml"  
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# What is a Simple Element?

A simple element is an XML element that can contain only text.\
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- A simple element cannot have attributes
- A simple element cannot contain other elements
- A simple element cannot be empty
- However, the text can be of many different types, and may have various restrictions applied to it

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

A simple element is an XML element that can contain only text.\
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- A simple element cannot have attributes
- A simple element cannot contain other elements
- A simple element cannot be empty
- However, the text can be of many different types, and may have various restrictions applied to it


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