RE: [xml-dev] Convention versus standard

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Len <>
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"'Costello, Roger L.'" <>,
Date
2008-07-19T17:25:54Z
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RE: [xml-dev] Convention versus standard
Hard to answer.  I think it is easy to say it is a best practice given
recommendations by the W3C.  Convention may be a weaker form of a behavior
of adoption with best practice the next stronger form and standard being the
strongest form.   Finding a reliable discriminator for the test is the prize
here.

Is camel case a convention until it is a requirement?

Convention suggests informal adoption.  That may or may not be grassroots
because I'm never quite sure what that means these days either.   

len


From: Costello, Roger L. [mailto:] 
 
> A convention or best practice would be putting a namespace 
> dictionary or document at the location indicated by the namespace
URI. 

Ah, that's a good one Len!

> A convention or best practice 

Is a convention the same thing as a best practice?

/Roger