- From: David G. Durand <dgd@cs.bu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 10:10:14 -0500
- To: Martin Bryan <mtbryan@sgml.u-net.com>, w3c-sgml-wg@www10.w3.org
At 4:53 AM 1/3/97, Martin Bryan wrote: >David >The point is that if we are using HyTime links then we need an entity >declaration that can be used to name the link source for a chain of links >(we don't want to repeat the same 1024 character URL hundreds of times, we >want to give it an id in a well controlled namespace). This is how HyTime >works. Well, if it _requires the entity reference,_ then we should not use HyTime. >> That means _no mandatory entity declarations_ in the >>definition of linking. > >But this would make the use of link sources for link chains impossible. Link >chains are one of the real gains that HyTime has to offer. If we drop them >from XML we are dead. Without a formally defined sources in the BOS you >cannot have a start point for the chain.] No, it would make the use of link sources _optional_. I don't have a problem with using entities -- after all we want the advantages. But we cannot have a solution that requires entity delcarations to make simple links. We need to provide the same simplicity people have now, though we can add complexity, where it also adds power. I like chains, but my inclination is to keep them short anyway... Like 1 or two levels. This also means that we don't have to explain to browser manufacturers how to implement cyle-detection in their link-following module. -- David I am not a number. I am an undefined character. _________________________________________ David Durand dgd@cs.bu.edu \ david@dynamicDiagrams.com Boston University Computer Science \ Sr. Analyst http://www.cs.bu.edu/students/grads/dgd/ \ Dynamic Diagrams --------------------------------------------\ http://dynamicDiagrams.com/ MAPA: mapping for the WWW \__________________________
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