- From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:15:55 -0400
- To: keshlam@us.ibm.com, "xml-uri@w3.org" <xml-uri@w3.org>
keshlam@us.ibm.com wrote: > [W]e have to > define namespaces as matching if and only if we're sure their URIs match -- > that is, if the two names are precisely string-equal. But! You are blurring the question for which this list was defined: do two namespaces match if their *URI*s are string-equal, or is it if the *URI references* through which they were specified are string-equal? That is "absolutize" vs. "literal". > The best way I know to simplify these points for pedagogical purposes -- > and to simplify and speed up the implementations of this logic -- is to say > "The URI is just compared literally". This continues to bias me heavily > away from the Absolutize behavior. Au contraire, it *is* the Absolutize behavior; you are kicking the ball into your own goalposts. The Literal behavior is that the URI references are compared literally. -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)
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