> Why not consider changing the name of the standard to
> something shorter?
How's that? "XML" is too long for you? You want it to be called
just "XM"? ("X" is already taken.)
> Saving of 4 characters does seem quite worth the use of obscure word like
> 'xmlns' for something as common as namespace.
"xml-namespace" might do what you wanted (without using more than
one colon), but those of us who type XML directly would not be pleased.
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