http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=1358 ------- Additional Comments From fsasaki@w3.org 2005-05-18 19:53 ------- (In reply to comment #1) > I think the binding of URIs to actual collations is something that's best left > to configuration parameters, APIs, and the like - in other words, it's outside > the scope of the language. > > One thing we might consider, though, is to encourage implementors to provide > configuration mechanisms that allow users to choose their own URIs to refer to > collations, rather than only providing a fixed set of vendor-supplied URIs. If > implementors do this, it will greatly improve interoperability. > > Michael Kay (personal response) Suppose a user who wants to make a linguistic analysis of texts, and variation in collations - e.g. due to historic differences - is a crucial part of the analysis. Of course this is an unusal case, but my point is that such a user would not like to change the API or a parameter. The collation would be part of the query / analysis.Received on Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:57:02 UTC
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