- From: C. M. Sperberg-McQueen <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:55:26 -0700
- To: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
- Cc: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>, www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org
On Feb 26, 2011, at 2:48 AM, Michael Kay wrote: >> ... > > ... I think it's probably that with schema(D1) we use a noun as the function name, so it feels like it's asking us to examine a property of D1, whereas with override(E,Q) we use an imperative verb, and therefore it feels like a computation it's asking us to perform. Ah. That makes sense. If I have been deaf to the difficulty, it is perhaps that I have taught myself to read 'override(E,D)' as 'the override of D by E', precisely in order to make it into a noun. If it would help to change the notation to use a noun instead of something that most readers will see as a verb, then we should ransack our dictionaries and thesauruses to find a suitable noun. -- **************************************************************** * C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, Black Mesa Technologies LLC * http://www.blackmesatech.com * http://cmsmcq.com/mib * http://balisage.net ****************************************************************
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