I prefer the term "value" to "ref". "ref" implies that the tag represents a reference, whereas what it actually represents is the value pointed to by a reference. "deref" might be more accurate, but not very intuitive. :-)
I'd prefer "ref".
"value" sounds like "copy-by-value" to me, suggesting that a copy of the object would be made, which is clearly wrong.
Note that Spring uses <ref> for this, too. Dirk.
