Re: [xml-dev] When writing standards...

[Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>]

On the whole, yes.

But one thing I've learned is that names really do matter. People misuse contains(), and text(), and xsl:value-of, because they guessed what they do from the name, and they guessed wrong. The author is right when he says "we can learn to use anything". The problem is, many users don't.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

> On 4 Apr 2023, at 16:20, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> @dw
> http://this.how/standards/
> 
> Sounds very sensible.
> 
> regards
> 
> -- 
> Dave Pawson
> XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
> Docbook FAQ.
> 
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