- From: Susan Lesch <lesch@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 20:22:13 -0700
- To: 4020deere@forty-twenty.com
- Cc: site-comments@w3.org
Michael Maurer wrote: > "Homepage" as one word or it should be separated into two words. > The same applies to "Webpage, Website Webmaster", etc.. As I imagine you are seeing, these words and phrases are in flux as they become more common. I don't claim to know all the answers. You will find variations throughout the W3C site. For formal technical report publications, we use US English and follow Merriam-Webster's 10th Collegiate dictionary at http://www.m-w.com/ World Wide Web is three capitalized words. http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html#Spelling Web is always capitalized. http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=World+Wide+Web Webmaster is one word, capitalized. http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=Webmaster Home page is two words. So are Web page and Web site. http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=home+page Our backup dictionary, American Heritage, will probably give you different answers, for example, they have "website" one word in lowercase. http://www.bartleby.com/61/57/W0075725.html webmaster, one word, lowercase http://www.bartleby.com/61/55/W0075550.html Web, one word, capitalized http://www.bartleby.com/61/42/W0074200.html In the _Concise Oxford Dictionary_ (1999), "web site" is two words, not capitalized, in case you are writing in UK English. Sorry I haven't yet seen their new edition (2001). Best wishes, -- Susan Lesch - mailto:lesch@w3.org tel:+1.858.483.4819 World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - http://www.w3.org/
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