Re: Issue: shall we rename the name attribute?

[Murata Makoto <mura034@attglobal.net>]

James Clark wrote:

> What you are proposing is that the
> "pattern" attribute be used to specify not the component that is a pattern
> but rather the component that is a name.

This is reasonable argument.  On the other hand, naming is culture 
rather than science.  For example, o-o people use getters and setters.  
Such names are very inconsistent with o-o, but many people think that 
there are no better alternatives.

I still think that <define pattern="ff"><element name="gg">....
is better than <define name="ff"><element name="gg">.....   But I do 
not think that I can persuade you.

Let's have a issue, spend some time during the phone conference, vote, 
and keep going.

Cheers,

Makoto