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- From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- To: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com>, "xml-dev@xml.org" <xml-dev@xml.org>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:12:49 -0400
"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" wrote:
> Somewhere in my dim memory I recall an
> argument about using periods in generic
> identifers and why that is a bad thing
> in XML while not forbidden. Can someone
> please enlighten me with an explanation or URL
> to this notion?
The only argument I know of is that some people like to map GIs
into programming language identifiers, which often do not cope with
dots. Same story with hyphens.
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