Re: Second International Symposium on Invisible XML

Hello again Naming Committee,

"iXML and Beyond" addresses my concern about limiting the scope of interest
implicitly in the name. But I am not sure (on balance) this is better than
something more like the present title. "International Symposium on
Invisible Markup 2076". I know the iXML in that title is invisible to the
unaided eye.

But it is not about hiding it, really, and I would feel better if people
stopped saying that. It is about what is emphasized.

I fully understand why we have sensitivities around the "XML" acronym: I
have my own. But I don't think there is a way around them. Putting 'XML' or
'iXML' defiantly into the title doesn't make anyone feel better about
anything: it only brings unnecessary debates to the forefront. I would
rather stop fighting those old battles, and talk about the fabulous
technologies and initiatives, whatever names their creators give them.

Thanks again for reading,
Wendell








On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 9:54 AM Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 at 14:42, Bethan Tovey-Walsh
> <bytheway@linguacelta.com> wrote:
>
>
> > As Sheila and I have both ailready said, discoverability and name
> recognition are worth considering, so I would strongly prefer that IXML be
> somewhere in the subtitle, not just XML.
>
> Anyone old enough may recall the strength of feeling when the 'X' of
> xml was discussed?  It was the 'catch'' ,
> the name recognition feature that caused heads to raise.
>
> Perhaps iXML in whatever case just may be the catch here?
>
> regards
>
> --
> Dave Pawson
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