- From: Patrick Stickler <patrick.stickler@nokia.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 17:03:08 +0300
- To: Jeremy Carroll <jjc@hplb.hpl.hp.com>, RDF Core <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
On 2002-04-11 16:49, "ext Jeremy Carroll" <jjc@hplb.hpl.hp.com> wrote: > > > Patrick is "fully versed in XML 1.0". ;-) > One minor point, you use local entity defs to simulate qnames in attr > values. > > This is quite cute, but does go against this para in M&S: > > [[[ > Note: ... We also advise against relying on the use of entities as there is > a proposal to define a future subset of XML that does not include > user-defined entities. > ]]] Is this advice still valid? Is there still such a proposal? Perhaps we can just disregard the latter part of this paragraph as obsolete... ;-) > I am happy to drop the intent of this paragraph - that seems to be a > corollary of Patrick being "fully versed in XML 1.0" :). Well, I want to reflect a consensus of good practice in the WD (not just my own personal view of what is good practice ;-) but it does make for much more readable RDF I think. I use the practice of namespace entities extensively in my own schemas and it is a great boon to productivity and clarity. Of course, I use vi to write XML and RDF, so I accept that my tastes may be considered a bit odd... ;-) Patrick -- Patrick Stickler Phone: +358 50 483 9453 Senior Research Scientist Fax: +358 7180 35409 Nokia Research Center Email: patrick.stickler@nokia.com
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