[WEB4LIB] spelling conventions

[Susan Hensley]

Web Lexicography in the making!
I would also like to know the correct way to refer to:

Meta Data 

MetaData

META DATA 

??

I've seen all of these in print and after a while, nothing looks "right" - 

Susan Hensley
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On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Kevin W. Bishop wrote:

> 
> This is something of a silly question, but what is the convention?
> 
> Internet / internet
> Web / web
> Webpage / webpage // Web page / web page 
> Website / website // Web site / web site
> 
> I'm consistently inconsistent with the capitalization and spacing of these
> words and would like to know if there is a standard style for the sake of
> developing "how-to" [w]eb()pages about [w]eb()page development.  
> 
> -kb
> 
> (I think it should be "Internet" and "Web", but as for the others ... ??)
> 
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