親おや要よう素そ

noun

parent element; containing element

Computing term for an element that contains or encloses other elements, such as in XML/HTML or data structures.

• このXMLでは、<book>が親おや要よう素そで、<title>が子こ要よう素そです。

  In this XML, <book> is the parent element and <title> is the child element.