RE: [xml-dev] Wikipedia on XML

From
Michael Kay <>
To
'Michael Ludwig' <>, 'XML Developers List' <>
Date
2009-08-08T09:09:55Z
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<7E90C5DFFED84242BD34AE0D604FF527@Sealion>
Thread
RE: [xml-dev] Wikipedia on XML
> If you want to see the angle brackets as a vocabulary, that's 
> fine with me. But I find that the look and feel is more like 
> syntax. Both points of view could be argued for, maybe one 
> with more ease than the other.
> 
> One man's language, another man's syntax - or meta-language.

Surely syntax is just one part of language?

* The syntax says you are allowed to write <A>XYZ</A>.

* The semantics (dare I use the term?) says that when you do so, you have
uttered an element whose name is A and whose content is XYZ.

Regards,

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay