Re: Divide the problem

On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, David G. Durand wrote:

> I'll also note that namespace-named-by can be the identity function, 
> because a namespace itself is a _purely_ abstract resource that has 
> only self-identity and uniqueness as properties.

Who says so?

Namespaces can have lots of properties: inventedBy, createdOnDate,
obsoleteAsOfDate, previousVersionOf, nextVersionOf, usedInSchema.
Though perhaps not favouriteDrink.

Or by "properties" do you mean "necessary/essential properties"?

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