- From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 12:53:23 -0800
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
At 12:33 PM 3/4/97 -0800, Tim Bray wrote: >We have decided that we will allow the use of any old GI's on XML linking >elements, identifying by the use of reserved attribute names and values. >We will be specifying the use of some attributes to support XML linking. >Do we need to allow them to be remapped as well, so that when an >HTML doc says HREF= and a TEI doc says PTR=, they can mean the same >thing? I hate it, but I think we have to do this. Warning: this is going to be a *major* pain in the butt to explain/justify to the webheads who are used to GI-dependent semantics. A 2-phase teaching strategy will be required - first you explain XML links using hardwired GI's and attributes, then *later* you say "oh yes, and you can call 'em what you want". Eve's method is as good as any. -T.
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