- From: Jan Van den Bussche <vdbuss@luc.ac.be>
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 04:05:04 +0200 (MET DST)
- To: www-xml-canonicalization-comments@w3.org
Dear XML Canonizers, "To make canonical" has an English word, but it is not "canonicalization", it is "canonization". (An excerpt from Webster's is added below.) It's quite OK to invent a new word when no good English word is already available. But here there definitely is! Best wishes for the canonization efforts! --Jan Van den Bussche, University of Limburg, Belgium. Main Entry: can·on·ize Pronunciation: 'ka-n&-"nIz Function: transitive verb Inflected Form(s): can·on·ized /-"nIzd; in "Hamlet" usually k&-'nä-"nIzd/; can·on·iz·ing Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin canonizare, from Late Latin canon catalog of saints, from Latin, standard Date: 14th century 1 : to declare (a deceased person) an officially recognized saint 2 : to make canonical 3 : to sanction by ecclesiastical authority 4 : to attribute authoritative sanction or approval to 5 : to treat as illustrious, preeminent, or sacred - can·on·i·za·tion /"ka-n&-n&-'zA-sh&n/ noun
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