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Seif Lotfy (seif) wrote : Re: [Bug 622718] Re: XML application problems

ok i will see what the boys think on this
other than that what do u think of the UI ideas :)

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 6:55 PM, tm <email address hidden> wrote:

> ah, sorry, wrong link. here is the right one:
>
> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_D_Z-D2tzi14/S8TONhrAPgI/AAAAAAAACvw/zTQ0fyvjAy8/s1600/ALOT11.png
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> XML application problems
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/622718
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> Status in OMG!: New
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> Bug description:
> The XML branch of OMG commits to a number of really bad practices:
>
> * you go with Pascal/Java-style "CamelCase" where XML calls for
> "hyphenated-names" or classic "camelCasing"
> * you use elements for atomic types where best practices call for an
> attribute (ie. "<trophy priority="2">)
> * you've invented your own translation format ignoring the fact that
> intltool comes with out-of-the-box support for XML files
> * you reference and import "xsi" and "xsd" namespaces despite not using
> any of them
> * you provide your own schema for no apparent reason, you never reference
> it
> * title is not translatable
> * the "friendly application name" is redundant as you can get a translated
> version from the referenced desktop file
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