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Re: Anchors Aweigh
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To: gtn@ebt.com (Gavin Nicol)
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Subject: Re: Anchors Aweigh
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From: Martin Bryan <mtbryan@sgml.u-net.com>
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Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 12:21:37 +0000
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Cc: w3c-sgml-wg@www10.w3.org
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From w3c-sgml-wg-request@www10.w3.org Sat Dec 28 07: 23:16 1996
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At 22:04 27/12/96 -0500, Gavin Nicol wrote:
>>In any case we should not conflate the presentation and interaction
>>aspects of linking with the declarative, and "semantic relationship"
>>aspect of linking.
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>Absolutely. I would prefer us to define a set of data which comprises
>a link, and leave interpretation to the application.
I second this. For stage one we need to learn how to identify what it is we
need to link to and how to manage link definitions in a way that will
preserve them over time. (This latter will be the killer part of a good
linking mechanism.) Only when we have mastered this part of the problem
should we consider how to 'standardize' the behaviour of links.
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