# File lib/facet/tagiter.rb, line 154
  def parse_attribute(attstr)
    k={}; r={}; 
    attstr.scan(/(\w+)=(\S+)/) do |pt| k[ pt[0] ] = pt[1] end
    attstr.scan(/(\w+)="([^"]*)"/) do |pt| k[ pt[0] ] = pt[1] end
    k.each do |key,val| r[key.downcase]=val end
    r
  end