- From: David Durand <dgd@cs.bu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 14:10:32 -0500
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
At 4:57 PM -0800 3/2/97, Terry Allen wrote: >Let me press harder. Are XML-link semantics expressed to the >processor or to the application, or to both, or is it up to >designers of apps and processors to decide? If it's not clear which, >are you relying on the market to develop a common solution or are >you punting? I think that this question is confused by having 2-levels where 3 are apopropriate. and XML parser implements the syntax, and XML-linking engine detects and flags linking constructs, and an application takes that information and implements behavior. _I_ think that he behavior options should be detected and flagged, and passed to the application for implementation. To take the two hoary examples we've been using, full-text indexing, and web mapping, are cases where direct implementation of behaviors by the XML linking engine would be actually harmful. So I think we must be conveying intended policy to the application rather than requiring things of the linking engine. Anyway, the meaning of "create a fresh display" is going to be inherently application dependent. I can think of at least 4 different ways to implement that off the top of my head. (New window, new pane, replace something in some no longer desired old pane, create a new icon on tracking map, prompt the user for a new filename to hold the next downloaded item, etc..) -- David _________________________________________ David Durand dgd@cs.bu.edu \ david@dynamicDiagrams.com Boston University Computer Science \ Sr. Analyst http://www.cs.bu.edu/students/grads/dgd/ \ Dynamic Diagrams --------------------------------------------\ http://dynamicDiagrams.com/ MAPA: mapping for the WWW \__________________________
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