Re: [xml-dev] Where does the term "element" come from?
At least from SGML time because of <!ELEMENT in DTD...
Xmlizer
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Costello, Roger L. <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Folks,
This is a book element:
<book>...</book>
Why "element"?
Who decided to call it element?
When was the term first used?
There is the Periodic Table of elements. Is that where the term comes from?
In hindsight, is there a better term?
/Roger
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