• From: Tim Bray <Tim.Bray@S...>
• To: elharo@m...
• Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:22:14 -0800

On Feb 18, 2008, at 10:59 AM, Elliotte Harold wrote:

> Then they can add it using their own mechanisms. That's fine. The X  
> stands for eXtensible. But we shouldn't bake one type system into  
> the core to the exclusion of all other valid and useful type systems.

Elliotte, hang your head in shame, and write on the chalkboard 10 **  
10 times:

XML stands for Extensible Markup Language
The X is for the first syllable of Extensible
eXtensible is a spelling error.

  -Tim

• References:
  • ten years later, time to repeat it?
    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
  • Re: ten years later, time to repeat it?
    • From: Eric van der Vlist <vdv@d...>
  • Re: ten years later, time to repeat it?
    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
  • Re: ten years later, time to repeat it?
    • From: "Pete Cordell" <petexmldev@c...>
  • Re: ten years later, time to repeat it?
    • From: Elliotte Harold <elharo@m...>
  • Re: ten years later, time to repeat it?
    • From: "Pete Cordell" <petexmldev@c...>
  • Re: ten years later, time to repeat it?
    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
  • Re: ten years later, time to repeat it?
    • From: Elliotte Harold <elharo@m...>