- From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:41:35 -0800
- To: Paul Cotton <pcotton@microsoft.com>
- Cc: WWW-Tag <www-tag@w3.org>
Paul Cotton wrote: > I have discovered that a significant amount of existing code already > uses upper case A-through-F characters when %-escaping. I wonder upon > what grounds you recommend the use of lower-case? Aesthetic. It's hard to believe there's a technical advantage either way. > In particular we should note that the XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions > and Operators escape-uri() function [1] recommends the use of upper > case: Blecch. My personal experience is that I see more lower-case than upper-case, but clearly both are loose in the world. Is there some research behind the XQuery draft's position or was it an arbitrary choice? Do I detect the impact of SQL upper-case culture? Anyhow, the interoperability benefit is achieved if people pick one or the other, doesn't matter which. I suggest that if we discover that there is noticeably more upper-case than lower-case, we pick upper-case, otherwise lower-case. -Tim
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