- From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:39:00 -0400
- To: Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com>, www-tag@w3.org
At 3:15 PM +0100 9/27/02, Jeni Tennison wrote: >Just to be clear: you're advocating using XLink syntax (xlink:href >attributes etc.) but ignoring XLink semantics (namely the distinction >between simple and extended links). Not at all. I'm saying I do want to use XLinks, both syntax and semantics. However, I want to use simple link syntax and semantics rather than extended link syntax and semantics. I think multiple simple links are a good fit for XHTML's needs. >You're also advocating that XHTML is a "special case" as a markup >language and therefore should be treated differently from other markup >languages when it comes to tool support. > Yes, I'm advocating that it's a special case, but not for the reason you cite. I think it's a special case because of the vast installed base of hypertext. Thus as a practical matter any reasonable tool will treat HTML first and generic XML second. -- +-----------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ | Elliotte Rusty Harold | elharo@metalab.unc.edu | Writer/Programmer | +-----------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ | XML in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly, 2002) | | http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xian2/ | | http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0596002920/cafeaulaitA/ | +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | Read Cafe au Lait for Java News: http://www.cafeaulait.org/ | | Read Cafe con Leche for XML News: http://www.cafeconleche.org/ | +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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