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: mike@--------.--.-- Date: 8/25/2008 12:00:00 PM On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 1:56 PM, <mike@m...> wrote: > "You may be reading the above definitions a bit odd, but it certainly > isn't clear. It does in fact *not* say that the acronym must form a > word" > > The definition starts "acronym - a word formed..." seems to me to a clear statement that it must be a word. I think that a word is something more than just a sequence of letters; The logic unfortunately breaks down right about the part where you decide what is meant by the term 'word'. Cheers, Bryan Rasmussen | ||||||
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