Re: [xml-dev] Terminology: vocabulary, grammar, or something else? (Re:

[Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt <STAMMW@de.ibm.com>]

> I avoid "XML Application" because it's confusing (an "application" is
> a program that runs, for most people today, not an abstract markup
> language).

processing-instruction may turn a XML file into an application,
at least in the context of browsers.

Try this:
http://stamm-wilbrandt.de/en/xsl-list/peg-solitaire/English.xml

For me that is a full application ...


English.xml is based on this previous posting on xsl-list:
http://www.biglist.com/lists/lists.mulberrytech.com/xsl-list/archives/201204/msg00080.html

(https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/HermannSW/entry/xslt_peg_solitaire_in_the_browser41)


Mit besten Gruessen / Best wishes,

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  From:       Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org>                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                            
  To:         Graham Hannington <graham_hannington@fundi.com.au>,                                                                           
                                                                                                                                            
  Cc:         xml-dev@lists.xml.org                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                            
  Date:       11/15/2012 04:50 PM                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                            
  Subject:    Re: [xml-dev] Terminology: vocabulary, grammar, or something else? (Re: [xml-dev] Which latest and greatest XML Standards     
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On Thu, 2012-11-15 at 10:20 +0800, Graham Hannington wrote:
> Terminology question: does one define an XML vocabulary, an XML grammar,
> an XML language (".... Language language"), or something else?

I use "vocabulary" to mean the set of defined names and their semantics.

I avoid "XML Application" because it's confusing (an "application" is a
program that runs, for most people today, not an abstract markup
language).

Markup Language can also be used, but it's more jargonesque and I prefer
to avoid being over-precise when precision isn't needed.

Liam

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