Item 6. Name Elements with Camel Case
There are no standard naming conventions for XML. I've seen XML applications that use all capitals, all small letters, separate words with hyphens, separate words with underscores, and more. Without being too fanatical about it, I recommend camel case, usingInternalCapitalization InLieuOfWhiteSpaceLikeThis, simply because our eyes are better trained to follow it.
In the programming sections of Usenet, case conventions are second only to indentation as a source of pointless erudition and time-wasting flameage. There are many good naming and case conventions, most of which have nothing to strongly recommend them over any other. Most modern languages like Java, Delphi, and C# have tended to adopt one convention, ...
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