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RE: Where does the term "element" come from?

  • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
  • To: "'xml-dev@lists.xml.org'" <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:47:14 -0500

RE:  Where does the term "element" come from?
 
Hi Frank,

> Is this idle curiosity, or do you think there's some problem 
> with the term "element" that would be relieved by using some 
> other term?

It is historical curiosity. I would like to understand the history of XML. To that end, I'd like to know how the term "element" came about.

/Roger

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Manola [mailto:fmanola@acm.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 10:26 AM
> To: Costello, Roger L.
> Cc: 'xml-dev@lists.xml.org'
> Subject: Re:  Where does the term "element" come from?
> 
> 
> On Dec 24, 2009, at 7:27 AM, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hi Folks,
> > 
> > This is a book element:
> > 
> >   <book>...</book>
> > 
> > Why "element"?
> 
> The direct answer is because the XML spec says so.
> 
> > 
> > Who decided to call it element? 
> > 
> > When was the term first used?
> > 
> > There is the Periodic Table of elements. Is that where the 
> term comes from?
> > 
> > In hindsight, is there a better term?
> 
> Is this idle curiosity, or do you think there's some problem 
> with the term "element" that would be relieved by using some 
> other term?  After all, I suppose you could ask similar 
> questions about the things in the periodic table couldn't you?  
> 
> 
> > 
> > /Roger
> > 
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