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   RE: conventions for case of names?

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  • From: Michael Rys <mrys@microsoft.com>
  • To: "'DuCharme, Robert'" <Robert.DuCharme@moodys.com>, xml-dev@xml.org
  • Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 18:59:23 -0700

Using hyphens in words makes understanding a-b difficult in the context of
numeric expressions. Otherwise it depends on your preference and the
preferences of your target audience (that will have to read and author the
names).

Best regards
Michael

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DuCharme, Robert [mailto:Robert.DuCharme@moodys.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 2:31 PM
> To: xml-dev@xml.org
> Subject: conventions for case of names?
> 
> 
> We're deciding on naming standards for a large project and I 
> wanted to ask
> who has been involved with such decisions on projects or who knows of
> explicit standards. 
> 
> For example, in W3C documents about the schema proposal, I 
> see camelBack
> case used with a lower-case first letter for element types, 
> attribute names,
> and entity names. In the DTD fragment for XSLT, I see all 
> lower-case with
> hyphens separating multi-word names. Is there a W3C standard 
> for this, or
> (for research purposes) any standards from anyone else?
> 
> (I haven't received any xml-dev postings for several days, so 
> please cc me
> via e-mail if replying.)
> 
> Bob DuCharme          www.snee.com/bob           <bob@  
> snee.com>  "The elements be kind to thee, and make thy
> spirits all of comfort!" Anthony and Cleopatra, III ii
> 
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