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 > I prefer the phrase "XML application" That's a fair call, and it has history on its side. My only problem with it (not that I have the temerity to think that any problem I might have with it would significantly affect its claim to being the correct term) is that, to me, "application" sounds like something that "does" something (performs a task; processes information) as opposed to something that, er, "is" (a method of representing, or communicating, information). I understand that one can apply the rules of X to create Y, and that Y can then be said to be "an application of X", or that Y is an "X application", but I've never been entirely comfortable with this sense of "application" in relation to software; I find myself performing a mental double-take (my problem, not necessarily shared by anyone else). Graham Hannington Fundi Software Pty Ltd 2012 ABN 89 009 120 290 This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com 
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