• From: Sean Mc Grath <digitome@i...>
• To: xml-dev@i...
• Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 20:12:14 GMT

It is probably way to late to do anything about it but the word
"valid" bugs me in XML. Principally because of what happens when you
invert it.

A synonym for "valid" is "correct". But there is a big difference
between "invalid XML" and "incorrect XML" due to the loading of the
common word "valid".

As far as I know "valid" has no SGML genesis. Does anyone know
where it came from?

"well formed" and "fully formed" or some such would make talking
(and writing!) about XML a lot easier:-)


Sean Mc Grath
sean at digitome dot com




xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i...
Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/
To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message;
(un)subscribe xml-dev
To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message;
subscribe xml-dev-digest
List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)

• Follow-Ups:
  • Re: The word "valid" in XML
    • From: james anderson <mecom-gmbh@m...>
  • The word "valid" in XML
    • From: David Megginson <ak117@f...>

• Prev by Date: Re: SAX and whitespace (was Re: Problems with whitespace and msxml)
• Next by Date: RE: Problems with whitespace and msxml
• Previous by thread: Problems with whitespace and msxml
• Next by thread: The word "valid" in XML
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread