4.4.2.2.5 Vollständiges Beispiel 

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   <book category="COOKING">
      <title lang="en">EverydayItalian</title>
      <author>Giada De Laurentiis</author>
      <year>2005</year>
      <price>30.00</price>
   </book>
   <book category="CHILDREN">
      <title lang="en">Harry Potter</title>
      <author>J.K.Rowling</author>
      <year>2005</year>
      <price>29.99</price>
   </book>
   <book category="WEB">
      <title lang="en">XQueryKickStart</title>
      <author>James McGovern</author>
      <author>PerBothner</author>
      <author>Kurt Cagle</author>
      <author>JamesLinn</author>
      <author>Vaidyanathan Nagarajan</author>
      <year>2003</year>
      <price>49.99</price>
   </book>
   <book category="WEB">
      <title lang="en">Learning XML</title>
      <author>Erik T.Ray</author>
      <year>2003</year>
      <price>39.95</price>
   </book>
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HTML5-Quellcode mit Abfrage

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