RE: Name for XML DTDs
Ron Bourret (rbourret@dvs1.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de)
Mon, 25 May 1998 14:39:52 +0200
James Tauber wrote:
> > I also like this, as long as we get the plurality right. Each =
document
> > will have multiple type definitions within it. So it makes sense to =
say
> > "here's my XTD document", but not "here's my XTD" (which would imply =
a
> > single definition).
>=20
> This is an important point. An XTD is like a markup declaration. An =
XTD
> document is a collection of XTDs. It encourages the modularity of the
> declarations.
=46rom long experience writing documentation and trying to influence the =
terms and=20
slang people use, I can tell you that the difference between "XTDs" and =
"XTD"=20
will quickly be lost. .xtd is too convenient as a file extension and =
will=20
quickly come to mean the whole thing.
-- Ron Bourret