Subject: Re: Case usage in element names, attribute names & attribute values From: Betty Harvey <harvey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 19:10:42 -0400 (EDT) |
I think I can answer this question - it is because of conditioning and upbringing of traditional SGML. SGML normally isn't case sensitive. SGML authoring tools make the tags either upper or lower case. I hate to admit the number of hours I have wasted wondering why the XSL style sheet wasn't working because I forgot about case sensitivity. I would like to think that I am not that dense but when I am working with SGML case sensitivity seems to go out of my mind |-). Betty /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Betty Harvey | Phone: 301-540-8251 FAX: 4268 Electronic Commerce Connection, Inc. | 13017 Wisteria Drive, P.O. Box 333 | RAILROAD: www.eccnet.com/rif Germantown, Md. 20874 | harvey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Washington,DC SGML Users Grp URL: http://www.eccnet.com | http://www.eccnet.com/sgmlug/ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\\/\/ On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Rob McDougall wrote: > I've been looking through many of the established XML grammars, and am > left with a question. Why do all the grammars appear to be in > lower-case? Since xml has become case-sensitive, it would seem to me > that people would adopt one of the popular conventions used in other > case-sensitive applications like programming languages. Why haven't I > seen any grammars that look like this: > > <TagName AttributeName="EnumeratedAttributeValue"/> > > If someone were to create a grammar that mixed upper-case and lower-case > would they have trouble getting people to adopt it? Is there a > compelling reason to reject a mixed case grammar. To my eye, mixed case > is more attractive. It's more like natural English. > > So, what are the opinions on each of: > - tag names (lowercase, uppercase, mixed-case) > - attribute names (lowercase, uppercase, mixed-case) > - enumerated attribute values (lowercase, uppercase, mixed-case) > > And with each option, are there opinions on any punctuation? Hyphens, > underscores, nothing? > > Thanks in advance, > > Rob > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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