- From: Peter F. Patel-Schneider <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>
- Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 19:04:31 -0400 (EDT)
- To: b.fallenstein@gmx.de
- Cc: dave.beckett@bristol.ac.uk, www-rdf-comments@w3.org
From: Benja Fallenstein <b.fallenstein@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [closed] Re: buglet in syntax / test cases
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 23:21:25 +0200
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
> >>From http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml, Section 2.3
> >
> > [Definition: A Name is .... Names beginning with the string "xml",
> > or any string which would match (('X' | 'x') ('M' | 'm') ('L' |
> > 'l')), are reserved for standardization in this or future versions
> > of this specification.]
> >
> > Hmm. I guess, then that the name XMLnewname is not reserved. Strange.
>
> You can read this as: "Names beginning with (the string "xml" or any
> string which would match...)," i.e. 'beginning with the string "xml" or
> *with* any string which would match'. I think amongst the possible
> interpretations, this is the most reasonable one.
>
> - Benja
I view this reading as a mangling of the English language. (But then what
do I know, coming from Canada?)
peter
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