At 07:38 PM 6/13/00 -0400, I wrote: >At 04:12 PM 6/13/00 -0400, Tim Berners-Lee wrote: >>I would summarize [1] as clarified as the abolutization in principle >>but with it pointed out that in certain cases systems >>can be demonstrably correct without actually knowing the base URI. > >That's unfortunate, because I summarize it as no absolutization in >principle, but absolutization as something that can be layered on top of a >parser by an application. Reading this again, I'm realizing the genius of Microsoft's proposal, which lets Tim and I both feel right, papers over the current philosophical battle, and lets us all go back to work. Maybe I shouldn't describe that situation so explicitly, but I've got to admit that's not such a bad deal! Simon St.Laurent XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed. Building XML Applications Inside XML DTDs: Scientific and Technical Cookies / Sharing Bandwidth http://www.simonstl.comReceived on Tuesday, 13 June 2000 19:49:07 GMT
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