- From: Walter Ian Kaye <walter@natural-innovations.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:51:52 -0800
- To: www-html@w3.org
- Cc: www-html-editor@w3.org
At 2:09p -0800 02/24/99, Daniel Austin wrote with bad line breaks: >Speaking for myself, not for CNET or the HTML Working Group: > > While I sympathize with those who would like HTML to use upper case >tags, >this is unlikely to change. XML is case sensitive, and therefore the case of >element names >must be specified in one way alone. Given this, lower case was chosen. <QUESTION ID=1> But WHY was lower case chosen over upper case? </QUESTION> <QUESTION ID=2> And why were the thousands(?) of web developers around the world never consulted about this, or given the chance to vote? </QUESTION> <PROBLEM> We're the ones who have to use it, so to not consult us about this is extremely rude, uncaring, and mean. </PROBLEM> <OBSERVATION> I didn't know HTML had become a dictatorship, but obviously it has. <OBSERVATION> -Walter who will continue to use upper-case HTML tags, XML be damned.
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