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I don't disagree but... The question is, isn't there a point of diminishing returns where it would be more economical to fetch another resource that can inform a process over repeating the same self-descriptive information in every representation? I mean, that is how stylesheets work best. The case for completeness in self-description is far from made given current practice. I'd rather trade two gets for the maintenance costs (yes, one might not force the get across the net but do it by making the resource dispenser do that work). len From: Tim Bray [mailto:tbray@t...] My position is that to the extent that documents can be self-describing, you win. I certainly don't deny that there's a cost in verbosity and that the trade-off is not obvious. -Tim
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