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# `Attribute`

Create an attribute for the `Element` data structure that can be saved to the hard drive with `SaveDataset`.

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

creates the following structure:

    <Entry chapter="(contents of @name)" page="(the current page number)" />

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