Altova Mailing List Archives>Archive Index >xml-dev Archive Home >Recent entries >Thread Prev - Re: [xml-dev] Is "XML" an abbreviation or an acronym? [Thread Next] RE: [xml-dev] Is "XML" an abbreviation or an acronym?To: <cheekai@------.--->,"'Rick Jelliffe'" <rjelliffe@-------.---.--> Date: 8/26/2008 9:06:00 AM > How'bout SOAP in v1.2? It is a pronounceable acronym in v1.1 but has > been explicitly declared as a non-acronym in v1.2 (Ref: > http://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-part1/ under Section 1. Introduction's > "Note"). You can't change a word's history by diktat from above. The dictionary definition is useful here: it's an acronym if that's how the word was originally formed, even if its "owners" dislike the fact. Michael Kay | ||||||
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