Maybe its Xquery Update... whatever that would mean standalone?!? On 22 January 2013 23:21, Joe Wicentowski <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I just noticed a new one: .xu. This extension appears in oXygen's > File > Save dialog in Windows when you are saving an XQuery file: > > Save as type: XQUERY, XQ, XQL, XQM, XQY, XU > > Hadn't seen that one before. What could it mean? XUpdate? But > XUpdate isn't XQuery... > > Maybe we should adopt it so that we can pronounce our files' > extensions as "dot zoo"! > > Joe > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Joe Wicentowski <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks to all for your responses! There's merit in all of the >> approaches that were shared. >> >> I'm sympathetic to the idea that we shouldn't have to use file >> extensions to distinguish between library and main modules. Maybe >> ".xq" (or ".xquery") across the board makes sense. >> >> One thing does bug me about the "module" terminology in the spec. If >> the spec distinguishes between "library" and "main" modules, why do >> *only* library modules begin with the "module namespace" construction? >> Shouldn't *all* modules begin with "module namespace ..."? Or if >> that's overkill, shouldn't it be "library module namespace ..." >> instead (as opposed to "main module namespace ...")? >> >> In retrospect, I think this "module namespace..." construction is >> responsible for many of us thinking that a module *is* a library >> module. I never thought of library vs. main modules. I always >> thought of "modules" vs. "scripts." If I'd been there on the >> committee, I think I would've advocated doing away with "module" >> altogether, and instead promoting "library" and "script". >> >> But we've got library and main module, and I guess that's okay. And >> using file extensions to distinguish between the two, or only using a >> single extension for all xquery files, are both okay too. >> >> Have a good weekend, all >> Joe
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