# Elementname: `Element`

## Description

Create a data structure that can be used to save on the harddrive between consecutive runs (with SaveDataset).

Allowed attributes: name

Child elements: Attribute, Copy-of, Element, ForAll, Makeindex, SortSequence, Switch

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

### Attributes

name (text)

  Name of the element that gets created.

## Example

    <SetVariable variable="articles">
      <Element name="articlelist">
        <Attribute name="name" select=" @name "/>
        <Attribute name="page" select="sd:current-page()"/>
      </Element>
    </SetVariable>

## See also

Attribute, LoadDataset, SaveDataset

# Commands

- A
- Action
- AddSearchpath
- AtPageCreation
- AtPageShipout
- AttachFile
- Attribute
- B
- Barcode
- Bold
- BoldItalic
- Bookmark
- Box
- Br
- Case
- Circle
- Color
- Column
- Columns
- Compatibility
- Contents
- Copy-of
- DefineColor
- DefineFontalias
- DefineFontfamily
- DefineTextformat
- Element
- Fontface
- ForAll
- Frame
- Grid
- Group
- Groupcontents
- HSpace
- Hyphenation
- I
- Image
- Include
- Initial
- 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
- SetGrid
- SetVariable
- SortSequence
- Span
- Stylesheet
- Sub
- Sup
- Switch
- Table
- Tablefoot
- Tablehead
- Tablerule
- Td
- Text
- Textblock
- Tr
- Trace
- Transformation
- U
- URL
- Ul
- Until
- VSpace
- Value
- While

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