- From: David Durand <dgd@cs.bu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 12:23:11 -0500
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
At 5:55 PM -0800 3/26/97, Jon Bosak wrote: >[Dave Durand:] > >| Since some (Most?) of us who want PUBLIC IDs strongly feel that a >| _mandated_ mechanism would be a serious mistake, this argument is a >| non-argument. > >Where did the word "mandated" come from? > >Jon From Tim: | So in this draft, no public IDs. It should be voted that *every person* | on the No side would change their vote to Yes if there was an agreed-on | resolution mechanism for PUBLIC identifiers. We have catalogs, and we know the we will have URNs, so we have two mechanisms, one implemented thanks to Norbert, who also did delegate (and it didn't take him more than a few days to do, either). So I assumed that the problem is that we haven't decided what mechanism XML should _require_. Otherwise the argument seems to be more hole than fabric... And since a required mechanism is harmful, I feel like I have to start from the beginning again, and return to the _resolution mechanism independent_ requirement, which is critical. Otherwise, I confess that I can't make out what the objection is. Not that I agree with the objection that I perceive, but at least I thought that I knew what it was. -- 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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