Re: Query for import task force

On Apr 7, 2008, at 11:50 AM, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:

>
> From: Bijan Parsia <bparsia@cs.man.ac.uk>
> Subject: Query for import task force
> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 11:37:28 -0400
>
>> About the external mapping file proposal (whether informative or
>> normative or whatev).
>>
>> Is there any reason that we cannot simply encourage implementors to
>> standardize on XML Catalog?
>> 	http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/entity/spec-2001-08-06.html
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Bijan.
>
> It is a bit heavier weight than I think is desirable, even if I was
> going along with having such a mapping file, which I'm not.
>
> peter


I also thought it looks heavier than might be desirable, from the  
point of view getting developer adoption. Perhaps a limited subset of  
it, or a minimal set of constructs with developers free to implement  
more?

-Alan