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? Re: [xml-dev] Is "XML" an abbreviation or an acronym?To: Rick Jelliffe <rjelliffe@-------.---.--> Date: 8/26/2008 8:51:00 AM Rick Jelliffe wrote: > So I think it is futile to discern acronymicity from merely looking at > the letters: it is how they get read that is the determining factor. > So RADAR and LASER are definitely acronyms because we conventionally > read them aloud as words perfectly easily. 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"). Regards, Chin Chee-Kai | ||||||
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