- From: Dave Reynolds <der@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:40:51 +0000
- To: "Public-Rif-Wg (E-mail)" <public-rif-wg@w3.org>
Boley, Harold wrote: > * Added a new syntax proposal for built-ins, which is very simpe: > Why not just add one or two new symbol spaces for built-ins? > We anyway cannot really take the XQuery/XPath functions and ops "as > is" > since we have a deviating semantics in some respects, see below and > comments in *bold* font in the document. That would only work if the set of built-ins were fixed. RIF must be extensible. It should be possible for groups to add new builtins (and new datatypes) without having to add them to a rif-specific namespace. Dave -- Hewlett-Packard Limited Registered Office: Cain Road, Bracknell, Berks RG12 1HN Registered No: 690597 England
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