- From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 17:42:13 -0500
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
Terry Allen wrote: > > I am unwilling to specify any default resolution mechanism > for PUBLIC identifiers. This should be at the discretion of > the user agent. Default means "at the discretion of the user agent, as long as they support at least *this*." There is no dichtomy between default and freedom. > (And by resolution I mean what Peter does, > figuring out the indirection and obtaining the item.) One > can say that a catalogue is the publisher's advice on how > to resolve his PIs, but the client should not be restricted > to that method. If we meant that the client should be restricted, we would not use the word "default", we would use the word "exclusive." Paul Prescod
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