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David,
David Megginson wrote:
>Mike Plusch writes:
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>Note, also, that the W3C holds a trademark on "XML" and can use it to
>prevent any potentially misleading uses of the term. I'd recommend
>finding a name without "XML" in it sooner, so that you're not forced
>to change a lot more material later. Something like "ConciseML" would
>probably be OK.
>
I just checked at:
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/ipr-notice-20021231#W3C_Trademarks
And found the following:
> Terms which claimed as generic are not governed by any W3C license and
> are used as common descriptors by the W3C.
<snip>
> XML (generic), Extensible Markup Language
Don't take this as legal advice or even accurate facts. Any "official"
types for the W3C care to comment?
Patrick
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Patrick Durusau
Director of Research and Development
Society of Biblical Literature
pdurusau@emory.edu
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