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"forests" considered inappropriate

From: Murata Makoto <mura034@attglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 21:26:43 +0900
Message-Id: <200104191226.AA04902@makoto.attglobal.net>
To: www-xml-query-comments@w3.org
Cc: mura034@attglobal.net 
I believe that "forest" in formal language theory means a SET of trees, 
rather than a SEQUENCE of trees.  I used to use "forest" but 
Prof. Derick Wood recommended "hedge" (he also suggested "orchard").
"Hedge" was coined by Bruno Coucelle.

[Cou89] Bruno Courcelle. On recognizable sets and tree automata. In 
Maurice Nivat and Hassan Ait-Kaci, editors, Resolution of Equations in 
Algebraic Structures. Academic Press, 1989. 

Cheers,
Received on Thursday, 19 April 2001 08:32:06 GMT

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