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Tagging just sounds wrong to me. To tag sounds like your a hitting one specific point (start tag, end tag, toe tag, tag cloud, tag you are it). Wrapping tags sounds a little better. I like marked up the data best. -Rob On Sep 12, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Jim Melton wrote: > Maybe I'm showing my age, but I think that "markup" is a noun that > specifies additional "stuff" associated with text (or other source > material) to indicate how it is to be handled (e.g., formatted, > processed, analyzed), while "to mark up" is the verb that identifies > the process of adding markup to text (et al). > > Using my definitions, Roger's item 1 would be my preferred > terminology, while 6 and 7 are distant seconds. While 2, 4, and > maybe even 3 are more or less accurate, they are very specific to > this (XML/HTML) specific kind of markup. And 5 just sounds wrong to > my ears, but it's arguably no worse than 2, 3, and 4. > > Just one opinion, > Jim > > At 9/12/2008 11:03 AM, Len Bullard wrote: >> Originally, I think it was a verb but it predates our digital >> technologies. >> It was the practice of those preparing a manuscript for a >> typesetter, AFAIK. >> >> Now it is both. >> >> len >> >> >> From: Costello, Roger L. [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> Consider this data: >> >> Nikon D40 >> >> Here I did "something" to the data: >> >> <camera>Nikon D40</camera> >> >> >> Which is preferred way of expressing what I did to the data: >> >> 1. I marked up the data. >> >> 2. I wrapped the data in a tag. >> >> 3. I wrapped the data in tags. >> >> 4. I wrapped the data in a start-tag/end-tag pair. >> >> 5. I wrapped the data in markup. >> >> 6. I embedded the data in markup. >> >> 7. I enclosed the data in markup. >> >> Or some other way? >> >> >> I suspect that several of the above expressions are acceptable; which >> ones? >> >> Are some of the above expressions just plain wrong, i.e. incorrect >> English grammar? >> >> >> /Roger >> >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> >> XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS >> to support XML implementation and development. To minimize >> spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. >> >> [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ >> Or unsubscribe: [email protected] >> subscribe: [email protected] >> List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ >> List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php >> >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> >> XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS >> to support XML implementation and development. To minimize >> spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. >> >> [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ >> Or unsubscribe: [email protected] >> subscribe: [email protected] >> List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ >> List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php > > = > = > ====================================================================== > Jim Melton --- Editor of ISO/IEC 9075-* (SQL) Phone: > +1.801.942.0144 > Co-Chair, W3C XML Query WG; XQX (etc.) editor Fax : > +1.801.942.3345 > Oracle Corporation Oracle Email: jim dot melton at oracle dot > com > 1930 Viscounti Drive Standards email: jim dot melton at acm dot > org > Sandy, UT 84093-1063 USA Personal email: jim at melton dot > name > = > = > ====================================================================== > = Facts are facts. But any opinions expressed are the > opinions = > = only of myself and may or may not reflect the opinions of > anybody = > = else with whom I may or may not have discussed the issues at > hand. = > = > = > ====================================================================== > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS > to support XML implementation and development. To minimize > spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. > > [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ > Or unsubscribe: [email protected] > subscribe: [email protected] > List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php >
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