- From: Roger L. Costello <costello@mitre.org>
- Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 17:01:48 -0400
- To: www-rdf-interest@w3.org
- CC: "Costello,Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
Mike Daconta wrote: > I strongly disagree with this principle as it reduces the ability to > robustly validate documents. The principle you are expressing is > useful when the instance documents are subject to change. That is > not the case for all instance documents in all vertical domains. > Thus the principle is only valid on one side of the change spectrum > and cannot be considered a universal principle. In a closed sytem you may be able to force everyone to play to the same tune. Expanding/changing the tune wreaks havoc on everyone. In an open system such as the WWW it's unreasonable to expect everyone to harmonize. Expect disharmony. /Roger
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