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----- Original Message ----- From: joubin <joubin@i...> To: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@i...>; XMLDev list <xml-dev@i...> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 11:27 AM Subject: Re: ATTN: Please comment on XHTML (before it's too late) > From: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@i...> > > >I seem to recall, at the time Namespaces was being debated, a lone voice > >saying that of course namespaces should be hierarchic rather than > >single-level. Shame that none listened. > > Exactly. The whole point of URI/URL schemas (AFAIU) is to map hierarchical > spaces. > > But XML-NS simply uses the cumbersome notation (it ain't, strictly speaking, > pretty) when the __information__ that the notational system is designed to > convey is disregarded? > > (Further motivation: A hierarchical naming context will greatly facilitate > 'modularization'.) Namespaces should be hierarchic. I think that now most of XML developers would agree. Is there any procedure for voting things like this? I think if 90% of XML developers would now vote for namespaces to be hierarchic, it may change something. Rgds.Paul. PS. I guess if voting would become more popular procedure than it is now we'l get more efficient movement, because the nature of maling-list or any newsconference does not provide enough statistics. Definately, namespaces are *so* important that manking 'not perfect' desision in this area would affect many ( if not all of) XML applications, so I think that voting on issues like this is reasonable. Also in some cases voting may decrease the level of useless agression. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= paul@p... www.renderx.com www.pault.com XMLTube * Perl/JavaConnector * PerlApplicationServer =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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