Subject: Re: XSL is difficult to...? From: "Don Park" <donpark@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 01:28:17 -0700 |
> Do you actually have any hard evidence that short abbreviated names are > easier to remember? It can be equally argued that long, non-abbreviated > names are easier to remember and more readable. I do not have any hard evidence other than a personal one. Taking an extreme example, I am more likely to remember "James" as a person's name than "James-Freeware-King". I find TD more recognizable and handier than table-data. I can remember and recognize all the TABLE subelements because they all start with the letter T. HTML tag names are more modular and more memorable even though names are often abbreviated. Other than long names, I feel that often used names should be shorter. 'apply-templates', for example, is used quite frequently yet they are placed at the same level of importance with 'apply-imports'. Why not use 'apply' to mean 'apply-templates' and use 'apply-imports' as the variation or use an attribute to indicate 'apply-imports' variation? Same thing with 'preserve-space' and 'strip-space'. Why not combine the two into a single 'space' tag that declares all whitespace related declarations? Finally, I must point out that you are not the intended audience of XSL either. No insult intended. Best, Don XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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