Re: use/mention and reification

On Thu, 2002-01-24 at 08:52, Patrick Stickler wrote:
> On 2002-01-24 2:47, "ext jos.deroo.jd@belgium.agfa.com"
> <jos.deroo.jd@belgium.agfa.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> >> Here are the options I find acceptable:
> >> 
> >> (a) Shoot reification on the grounds that
> >> there isn't consensus about what it means
> >> nor how to use it.
> 
> I don't see how we can do this, as reification is at present
> the most straightforward way to qualify statements.

?!?!?

This must be some use of the word "straightforward" with
which I am not familiar. All the feedback I hear
about reification is "run away! run away!"

I'm interested to hear about deployment of refication
used in this manner, and some user community
that found it to be straightforward.

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Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/

Received on Thursday, 24 January 2002 19:04:03 UTC