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The excerpt of the script which writes the attributes is:

			-- write xml jt attributes to InDesign!
			-- from james & a bunch of message boards on t'internet
			tell application "InDesign 2.0.2"
				set sectionName to item 6 of jobTicketList
				set authorName to item 7 of jobTicketList
				set copyrightStatus to item 71 of jobTicketList

				--	display dialog box for each attribute for testing purposes
				display dialog "the author is " & authorName & return & "the section is " & sectionName �
					& return & "the copyright status is " & copyrightStatus

				try
					tell myDocument

						repeat with myXMLCounter from 1 to (count XML Elements)
							-- repeat loop from adamcoop "Multiple instances of an XML tag" 3/11/03 8:52pm </cgi-bin/webx?50@@.1de84025/0>

							set myXMLElement to XML Element myXMLCounter
							if name of markup tag of myXMLElement is "Story" then

								--set myStoryTag to XML Element "Story"
								--set myBodyTag to XML Element "body" of myStoryTag

								tell myXMLElement to make XML Attribute with properties {name:"author", value:authorName}
								tell myXMLElement to make XML Attribute with properties {name:"section", value:sectionName}
								tell myXMLElement to make XML Attribute with properties {name:"copyright", value:copyrightStatus}

							end if
						end repeat

					end tell
				on error
					display dialog "Cannot Write Attributes!"
					return
				end try



			end tell --writing jt attributes