- From: Jean-Jacques Moreau <moreau@crf.canon.fr>
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:52:59 +0100
- To: Mark Jones <jones@research.att.com>
- CC: frystyk@microsoft.com, skw@hplb.hpl.hp.com, "xml-dist-app@w3.org" <xml-dist-app@w3.org>
Mark Jones wrote: > My problem, particularly for talking about the processing model, is > that I need terms for > > (1) "the thing that knows enough about the semantics of a block (given > its tag) to map it to a thing that implements a very specific > piece of behavior" > > (2) "the thing that implements a very specific piece of behavior given > a block" > > I think of (1) as a module, something like a class in programming > language terms. I think of (2) as a handler, something like a method > name. > > If we make (1) the whole processor and (2) a handler, then it raises > the question about how the processor came to know enough about the > semantics of things (blocks, behavior, etc.) to make such a > determination. [...] Mark, I am wondering why (1) would have to know "about the semantics of a block" to do any sort of dispatching. After all, a Web browser does not know anything about the semantics of a particular MIME document, and is nevertheless capable of firing up the appropriate plugin. Why would block dispatching be different? Jean-Jacques.
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