• To: 'Uche Ogbuji' <uche.ogbuji@f...>, Matthew Gertner <matthew.gertner@s...>
• Subject: RE: Open Standards Organization
• From: Matthew Gertner <matthew.gertner@s...>
• Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 16:31:20 +0200
• Cc: xml-dev@l...

Uche Ogbuji:
> You forgot the most important thing.  Item 0.  You need a 
> name (preferably not a silly abbreviation).  After all, the 
> goal is, in part, evangelical, right?  What evangel would 
> venture into the world without a Name to invoke?
> 
> I suggest "XML Core" as being just cheeky enough.

The name was one of the first items I wanted to raise on the mailing list. I
like the X- prefix a lot (XPath, XPointer, etc.). Since we are pretty much
certifying specs, how about "XRated"?

;-)

Matt

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