Re: BLD: externally defined frames

Because DTB defines no external frames, this feature is not usable in 
"strict BLD mode", right?

Michael Kifer wrote:
> The purpose of using external frames is exactly the same as that of using
> external predicates. It is just a different interface. It can be provided for
> external objects, while external predicates is an interface for the regular
> (non-object-oriented) builtin calls.
>
> I would like to better understand what you and Christian had in mind. From the
> F2F I understood that csma had right understanding of the purpose of that
> feature. If the added wording is not what he expected then maybe it can be
> improved (once I understand what is confusing there).
>
>
> 	--michael  
>
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:05:10 -0400
> Chris Welty <cawelty@gmail.com> wrote:
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>   
>> Christian and I read the new text explaining external frames in BLD 
>> [http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wiki/BLD#Terms] and although we each had a 
>> different understanding of what external frames were, it matched neither, which 
>> is problematic.
>>
>> Given the time constraints I think the only choice is to leave that text as is 
>> but label it at-risk for last call & open an issue.  Then we can discuss it 
>> further during the summer.  We hope to propose and resolve that quickly - I 
>> specifically don't want to get dragged into a lengthy discussion of what 
>> external frames are, just a quick decision to label at risk so we can publish, 
>> and we'll have the lengthy discussion later.
>>
>> -Chris
>>
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