On Dec 24, 2009, at 7:27 AM, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
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> Hi Folks,
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> This is a book element:
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> <book>...</book>
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> Why "element"?
The direct answer is because the XML spec says so.
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> Who decided to call it element?
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> When was the term first used?
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> There is the Periodic Table of elements. Is that where the term comes from?
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> In hindsight, is there a better term?
Is this idle curiosity, or do you think there's some problem with the term "element" that would be relieved by using some other term? After all, I suppose you could ask similar questions about the things in the periodic table couldn't you?
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> /Roger
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