- From: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 11:56:19 +0000
- To: Bethan Tovey-Walsh <accounts@bethan.wales>
- Cc: Tom Hillman <tom@expertml.com>, ixml <public-ixml@w3.org>, "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>
On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 at 11:52, Bethan Tovey-Walsh <accounts@bethan.wales> wrote:
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> If I understand correctly, you’re saying that I’m nitpicking by considering whether comments or pragmata are related hierarchically or not? It’s been one of the main threads running through this debate so far: Steven thinks pragmata are a subtype of comment; others disagree. Michael’s 5a,b,c distinction is also largely based on making this distinction. If it’s nitpicking, it’s nitpicking that appears to be important to several members of the group.
Fair enough.
Not an issue I'd fight over.
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> Regarding the delimiter, I thought we’d already come to a cautious agreement on using “{…}” for comments and “{[…]}” for comments directed to the processor?
Nah <grin/> That's a 'later' thing, when | if we agree on what they
are / are they allowed!
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> And you’re quite right, my suggestion doesn’t take into account the differences in placement between comments and pragmata. So that structure wouldn’t work, after all.
I think MSM positioning was well thought out (though not yet discussed)
which (if accepted) does make the 'alignment' (or not) of comments and pragma
somewhat orthogonal?
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