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

• From: Richard Salz <rsalz@us.ibm.com>
• To: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
• Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:53:04 -0500

If the symbols of the language are atoms (geez, does everything derive 
from LISP?), then aggregations into tokens are, naturally, elements.  No 
surprise, then, that some elements -- words -- are considered toxic and/or 
radioactive.

        /r$

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• References:
  • Where does the term "element" come from?
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
  • Re: Where does the term "element" come from?
    • From: Liam Quin <liam@w3.org>