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Why use long element names?

April 26, 2017element names

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Why use long element names?

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Our SGML DTDs have always used the default SGML declaration which limited the length of element names. (Historically, short element names have been used to save on re-keying costs.) We’ve taken advantage of XML’s unlimited Name length to make the markup more self explanatory.