Case usage in element names, attribute names & attribute values

[Simon St.Laurent]

>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.

I used all upper-case element and attribute names in XML: A Primer (and do so 
generally) because it's a lot easier to separate markup from content visually 
that way.  Mixed case is more attractive if your document is really about the 
markup, but I tend to be more interested in the content.   

Since I'm one of those neanderthals who still does HTML and XML development by 
hand in a text editor (or in source code), using uppercase is much handier.  
It won't matter nearly as much to me when I find a program that I actually 
_like_ to use for markup creation.  

Some programs use all lower-case; I find that it doesn't stand out nearly as 
well for me.  I don't think anyone would have a problem with your proposal; 
just make sure you make clear to all participants that _case matters_ when 
starting out on your DTD design process.

Simon St.Laurent
Dynamic HTML: A Primer / XML: A Primer / Cookies


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