# Elementname: `Attribute`

## Description

Create a data structure that can be saved to the harddrive with SaveDataset.

Allowed attributes: name, select

Child elements: (none)

Parent elements: Case, Element, ForAll, Loop, Otherwise, SetVariable, Until, While

### Attributes

name (text)

  Name of the attribute that is created.

select (XPath Expression)

  The contents of the attribute

## Example

    <Element name="planets">
      <Attribute name="name" select=" @name "/>
      <Attribute name="page" select=" sd:current-page()"/>
    </Element>

## See also

Element, SaveDataset, How to generate a table of contents and other directories

# Commands

- A
- Action
- AddToList
- AtPageCreation
- AtPageShipout
- Attribute
- B
- Barcode
- Bold
- BoldItalic
- Bookmark
- Box
- Br
- Case
- Circle
- Color
- Column
- Columns
- Contents
- Copy-of
- DefineColor
- DefineFontfamily
- DefineTextformat
- Element
- EmptyLine
- Fontface
- ForAll
- Frame
- Grid
- Group
- HSpace
- Hyphenation
- I
- Image
- Include
- InsertPages
- Italic
- Layout
- Li
- LoadDataset
- LoadFontfile
- Loop
- Makeindex
- Margin
- Mark
- Message
- NewPage
- NextFrame
- NextRow
- NoBreak
- Ol
- Options
- Otherwise
- Output
- Overlay
- PDFOptions
- Pageformat
- Pagetype
- Paragraph
- PlaceObject
- Position
- PositioningArea
- PositioningFrame
- ProcessNode
- Record
- Regular
- Rule
- SaveDataset
- SavePages
- Sequence
- SetGrid
- SetVariable
- SortSequence
- Stylesheet
- Sub
- Sup
- Switch
- Table
- Tablefoot
- Tablehead
- Tablerule
- Td
- Text
- Textblock
- Tr
- Transformation
- U
- URL
- Ul
- Until
- VSpace
- Value
- While

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