There was some mention on the XML conference in Washingon D.C with calls for papers and all that.
From: Mukul Gandhi <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Is "XML" an abbreviation or an acronym?
To: "Alexander Johannesen" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Costello, Roger L." <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Date: Sunday, August 24, 2008, 12:08 PM
> Didn't you mean the opposite, that XML is a word made from the initial
> letters of the phrase "eXtensible Markup Language", and hence an
> acronym?
The XML specification, http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml-20060816/
starts with,
Extensible Markup Language, abbreviated XML, describes ...
So the spec says, it's an abbreviation ...
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Regards,
Mukul Gandhi
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