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Re: XML-formatted data or XML-encoded data?

• From: Rick Jelliffe <rjelliffe@allette.com.au>
• To: "Roger L. Costello" <costello@mitre.org>
• Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 21:02:13 +1100

Use whatever words wont confuse the audience.
For the 1980s/1990s sgml crowd "format" and "encoding" had other specific meanings, so were avoided. The useful term that filled the gap was "notation."
I think "data in xml notation" or "xml-notated data" are still worth considering. Rick

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