Re: [xml-dev] Is "XML" an abbreviation or an acronym?

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Re: [xml-dev] Is "XML" an abbreviation or an acronym?
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 1:56 PM,  <> wrote:
> "You may be reading the above definitions a bit odd, but it certainly
> isn't clear. It does in fact *not* say that the acronym must form a
> word"
>
> The definition starts "acronym - a word formed..." seems to me to a clear statement that it must be a word. I think that a word is something more than just a sequence of letters;
The logic unfortunately breaks down right about the part where you
decide what is meant by the term 'word'.

Cheers,
Bryan Rasmussen