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Re: Is "markup" a noun or a verb? Do you "markup data"or "wra

• From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• To: Robert Koberg <rob@k...>
• Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:59:01 -0400

Robert Koberg wrote:
> Tagging just sounds wrong to me. To tag sounds like your a hitting one 
> specific point (start tag, end tag, toe tag, tag cloud, tag you are it). 
> Wrapping tags sounds a little better. I like marked up the data best.

Yep - except that I'd typically mark up a document, not a particular 
chunk of data.

But we could go on for eternity that direction.

Thanks,
Simon St.Laurent
Mostly Retired XML Troublemaker
http://simonstl.com/

• References:
  • RE: Is "markup" a noun or a verb? Do you "markup data" or "wrap data in tags"?
    • From: Len Bullard <len.bullard@u...>
  • RE: Is "markup" a noun or a verb? Do you "markup data" or "wrap data in tags"?
    • From: Jim Melton <jim.melton@a...>
  • Re: Is "markup" a noun or a verb? Do you "markup data" or "wrap data in tags"?
    • From: Robert Koberg <rob@k...>