- From: Christian Hujer <Christian@hujer.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 21:38:00 +0200
- To: www-html-editor@w3.org
In section 1.2, it is said "XML™ is the shorthand for Extensible Markup Language, and is an acronym of Extensible Markup Language [XML]." But XML is not an acronym, it is an abbreviation. An acronym can be pronounced as if it was a word and might seem as a word, while if it can only be spelled, it's just an abbreviation. Examples of acronyms: GNU Linux NATO UNO Laser Mixture Category (abbreviations that are pronounced as if they were differently spelled acronyms): DSSSL (Dissel) SCSI (Skuzy) Examples of abbreviations that are not acronyms: SGML IETF TCP/IP Or do you regularly pronounce "XML" like "Ximel" instead of "eks-em-el" or "iks-em-el"? Then I am sorry for this false error report, but then that should be stated in the Recommendation about XML. Greetings Christian Hujer
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