Re: Terminology: `absolutization' is vile, but nothing else is better

keshlam@us.ibm.com wrote:

> So are "canonicalization" and "internationalization" and a number of other
> jargon terms in the XML universe. Unfortunately, they really are needed
> because they _precisely_ describe the intended problem space.
>
> We could  turn "absolutization" into A12N, derived from  "A followed by 12
> characters followed by N". That would make it even less comprehensible to
> the uninitiated, but one heckuva lot easier to spell and type. Anyone on
> the I18N and C14N groups care to comment?

I give up!!!

Paul Abrahams

Received on Thursday, 18 May 2000 17:06:59 UTC