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On Sun, 2014-03-23 at 14:12 -0400, Arjun Ray wrote: > On a more serious note, _is_ XML terminilogy "standardized" in any > way? The XML Recommendation and the XML Information Set (infoset) are the closest we come. My first reaction would be to stay well away from a spec that claimed to understand XML and then confused tag, element and attribute. Sometimes I'd be the one to lose out, though, I expect. > > For 'tag', I would argue that it means (the entirety of) the markup at > either the start or the end of an element. Ys. tags are physical, elements are logical. > While any other intended > meaning is probably a lack of RTFM, there's no denying the attraction > of short monosyllabic substitutes for long-winded terminology. Hence, > sadly, the ubiquitous misuse of 'tag'. That and the crazily-named DOM function 'get elements by tagname", as if there were tags with names other than start, end, and, possibly, empty. Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org freenode/#xml
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