• From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
• To: "'Elliotte Rusty Harold'" <elharo@i...>
• Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 23:17:25 +0100

> 
> > A language for describing the syntax of another language?
> 
> Despite the L in XML, syntax alone does not constitute a language.

Agreed.

> It's only a language if there are words. XML doesn't define 
> words. 

I think it does define words: words like "<", "</", "<!--", and "<!CDATA[",
and sentential forms like "<"...">", "<!--"..."-->", and so on. 

Regards,

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay 

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