- From: Andrew Pam <avatar@jolt.mpx.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 13:25:03 +1100 (EST)
- To: rdaniel@acl.lanl.gov (Ronald E. Daniel)
- Cc: hoymand@gate.net, michael.mealling@oit.gatech.edu, uri@bunyip.com
> Should we use a simple indication of level or use a URN to > identify the attribute set in a URC? I would support the latter, as it is another step closer to Xanadu-style hyperlinks. As documented in "Literary Machines" and elsewhere, Xanadu hyperlinks have a "type" endset as well as a "from" and a "to" endset for just this reason (that is, allowing an infinitely extensible set of link types). They also have a "home" endset, representing the document in which the link is contained, which is therefore not necessarily the same as the document the link points from or to, a capability sadly missing from WWW. I am continually fascinated how pioneering designs are recapitulated... Share and enjoy, *** AVATAR *** -- Andrew Pam avatar@aus.xanadu.com Manager, Serious Cybernetics avatar@jolt.mpx.com.au Coordinator, Xanadu Australia <http://www.aus.xanadu.com/> P.O. Box 409, Canterbury VIC 3126 Australia gopher gopher.aus.xanadu.com
Received on Monday, 2 January 1995 21:27:21 UTC