Re: first proposal

From
Lauren Wood <>
Date
2000-12-04T01:26:57+00:00
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3A2A8284.25754.1D0596@localhost
Thread
Re: first proposal
On 3 Dec 2000, Tony Coates wrote:

> 
> 
> On 29/11/2000 14:11:23 Norman Walsh wrote:
> 
> >Matter of taste, I guess. That means we have four choices:
> >
> >1. All UPPERCASE, as per 9401
> >2. All lowercase
> >3. camelCase like XML Schema, Java identifiers, etc.
> >4. CamelCase like the SGML DocBook DTD (though only because case
> >   didn't matter)
> 
> Sorry to do this, but I would like to suggest #5:
> 
> 5. UpperCamelCase for elements, lowerCamelCase for attributes.
> 
> Privately, the touch-typist in me prefers lower-case-with-hyphens

Which would be proposal number 6? If we're figuring out which of 1-
5, why not 1-6?

The main reason I don't like all lower, or all upper, is that the words 
run together. Almost anything that solves that problem gets my 
vote. 


Lauren