- From: <keshlam@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 08:52:42 -0400
- To: www-dom@w3.org
> Yes, I agree that term XQL has become overloaded because of its history. I > was using it to refer to the work of the XML Query Language WG and not the > original notes. I wasn't aware that they weren't planning to use XQL to > refer to their work. Any idea why? Clarity. Referring to two different things with the same name causes a _lot_ of confusion. Dip into the XSLT discussions and you'll see a great deal of frustration about the ongoing need to explain that a certain prototype XSL implementation is not XSLT-compatable and should not be confused with the published recommendation. ______________________________________ Joe Kesselman / IBM Research
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