Local names may now start with a digit?

I notice that the Turtle grammar now permits a local name to begin with
a digit, such as foo:1234 or _:5678 .   
http://www.w3.org/TR/turtle/#term-turtle2-PN_LOCAL 
As far as I remember, this is a divergence from RDF/XML, because XML
local names are not permitted to start with a digit.  When I check the
RDF WG list of resolutions I see no mention of this change, so 

I am wondering about the rationale for this change, but I see no mention
of it in the RDF WG list of resolutions:
http://demo.3roundstones.net/rdf/2012/rdfwg/resolutions.xhtml?view

Was this divergence discussed?  And if so, can someone please supply a
pointer to the rationale?  

Thanks!


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Received on Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:42:07 UTC