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<title>Worse than failure</title><biblioid class="uri">http://norman.walsh.name/2007/10/12/wtf</biblioid>
<volumenum>10</volumenum>
<issuenum>107</issuenum>
<pubdate>2007-10-12T17:40:19-04:00</pubdate>
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<author>
      <personname>
<firstname>Norman</firstname>
	<surname>Walsh</surname>
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<copyright>
      <year>2007</year>
      <holder>Norman Walsh</holder>
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<abstract>
<para>WTF indeed! Friday humor. It is funny, right?</para>
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<para xml:id="p1">At <link xlink:href="http://worsethanfailure.com/">Worse
Than Failure</link>, we read
<link xlink:href="http://worsethanfailure.com/Articles/XML-Koan-from-the-Fourth-Dimension.aspx">XML Kōan from the Fourth Dimension</link> (emphasis
mine):</para>

<blockquote>
<para xml:id="p2">This dump used a peculiar form of abbreviation in which letters
were chosen seemingly at random from field names, in order to
<emphasis>meet the
well known XML limitation of only allowing 5 characters per tag name</emphasis>.
</para>
</blockquote>

<para xml:id="p3">WTF? Indeed!</para>

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