XML Attributes to Elements

Promote XML attributes or demote simple child elements

Integration pipelines sometimes require attributes on elements, while other systems expect the same metadata as nested tags. This converter rewrites XML locally: either turn each attribute into a child element with the same name and text value, or collapse simple text-only children back into attributes on the parent element.

When to use each direction

• Attributes to child elements: feed strict schema validators or APIs that reject attributes on certain nodes.
• Children to attributes: shrink verbose XML when values are scalar and elements have no nested structure.

The transformation uses the browser DOMParser API. Namespace declarations (xmlns) are preserved; only regular attributes are promoted. For JSON output with explicit attribute objects, try the XML Attributes to JSON tool or the Convert XML to JSON converter for default @_ prefixes.