- From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 15:27:54 +0000
- To: Paul Grosso <paul@paulgrosso.name>
- Cc: public-xml-core-wg@w3.org
Paul Grosso writes: >> Appendix B lists the core XML specifications which, taken together >> with [XML] itself, show how to determine an XML document's semantics >> at both the language level and the application level. >> > > My concern here is that the above sentence appears to say > that the given list of specifications is sufficient to > determine all the document's application level semantics, > and that is not true. No list can determine all the > application level semantics for all applications (including > applications not yet envisioned). > > I'd like to see a rewording that makes it clear that we > aren't suggesting either that the given list is exhaustive > or that any list could be exhaustive in determining all > application level semantics. Good point, and I had meant to avoid that, but obviously failed to do so. How about Appendix B lists the core XML specifications which, taken together with [XML] itself, show how to determine an XML document's language-level semantics and suggest how information about its application level semantics may be locatable. ht -- Henry S. Thompson, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@inf.ed.ac.uk URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/ [mail from me _always_ has a .sig like this -- mail without it is forged spam]
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