element
1 A single item of data.
2 A logical structure in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) or HyperText Markup Language (HTML) document specifying a type and optionally one or more attributes and a value. For example, the following code specifies a ConnectionParam element that has three attributes, Name, Display, and Type, and no value:
<ConnectionParam Name="username"
Display="User name"
Type="string"
/>
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