RE: Self-descriptive assertions

Hello Mark,

> FWIW, here's one example of that observation that's relevant 
> to this discussion of media types;
> 
> http://www.markbaker.ca/2004/01/XmlDispatchTest/

wrt to tests 4 and 5: Can you reference a spec(s) that 1) require the
retrieved representation to be processed using the associated stylesheet, 2)
that attribute a media-type to the result of such a transformation and 3)
require that the result of the transformation be displayed in place of the
original representation. I have so far failed to find any (including
http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-stylesheet/).

AFAICT the result of the transformations have no associated media-type (or
other representation metadata for that matter). I'd suggest that the
identity transform used is not quite an identity transform wrt to the
representation as a whole.

Ta,

Stuart
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-sw-meaning-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:public-sw-meaning-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Mark Baker
> Sent: 31 March 2004 02:49
> To: Bijan Parsia
> Cc: public-sw-meaning@w3.org
> Subject: Re: Self-descriptive assertions
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 09:03:30AM -0500, Bijan Parsia wrote:
> > Really? Wow. *every* time? *Any* constraint?
> 
> Yes.  Any time a constraint is relaxed, properties are lost 
> or reduced.
> That's what I mean by "harm".
> 
> > No matter what the reason?
> 
> No, of course not.  If the reason you relaxed a constraint 
> was that there was a tradeoff worth making, then that's ok.  
> There's still "harm" done, but (presumably) less than the alternative.
> 
> > In any case, I deny that the constraint ever existed. I think the 
> > "constraints" you see are in fact emergent properties of 
> the system, 
> > rather than imposed restrictions.
> 
> Yes, that's exactly my point, and what I'm telling you is that I have
> *observed* the self-description constraint, at least with 
> respect to the media type, by studying the software on the Web.
> 
> FWIW, here's one example of that observation that's relevant 
> to this discussion of media types;
> 
> http://www.markbaker.ca/2004/01/XmlDispatchTest/
> 
> > We are talking trade-offs, yes? So we always, well, trade 
> *something* 
> > off.
> 
> Yes.  Properties are traded-off.
> 
> Mark.
> -- 
> Mark Baker.   Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA.        http://www.markbaker.ca
>

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