Altova Mailing List Archives>Archive Index >xml-dev Archive Home >Recent entries >Thread Prev - RE: [xml-dev] Who thought up term XML? [Thread Next] Re: [xml-dev] Who thought up term XML?To: <xml-dev@-----.---.---> Date: 1/10/2006 9:12:00 PM Jelks Cabaniss wrote: >> But this is interesting: Votes Acronym Full Name 5 XML Extensible Markup Language XML was derived from SGML, which was Generalized Markup Language before it became a standard. The term "markup" and the acronym GML were chosen deliberately to fit the initials of the co-developers (Charles Goldfarb, Ed Mosher, Ray Lorie). Considering Charles Goldfarb's contribution, it's rather ironic the G was dropped from subsequent names such as HTML and XML. ======== Ken North =========== www.WebServicesSummit.com www.SQLSummit.com www.GridSummit.com | ||||||
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