Well for one thing, consistancy is always important. In addition, this
type of mismatch cost NASA a few million dollars in 1999, so it is a
valid concern (see Mars Climate Obiter).I just went from being a
programmer (who does work with XML) to being a programmer and part time
document specialist after a co-worker left. One of the projects she was
working on was a form with several dropdown boxes, one of which had 50
items. I had to make a simple change to all 50 items. It was much easier
to open...