- From: Shane McCarron <shane@aptest.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:32:04 -0500
- To: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>
- CC: XHTML-Liste <www-html@w3.org>
Karl Dubost wrote: > It is not a *defined* mechanism. > The whole point of QNames is disambiguation, not interoperability. I maintain that the requirements for the interpretation of QName namespaces and their associated taxonomies is beyond the scope of XHTML. It would be great if some group were to somehow instrument the Internet so that people could define the semantics of their role / property / whatever attributes in a machine interpretable way. Sadly, the mechanism for this does not exist. At the end of the day, all you are doing is adding more and more layers of abstraction - the taxonomy interpreter, whatever it is, still requires arcane knowledge of *something* in order for the interpretation to take place. If someone tells you otherwise, they are selling something. -- Shane P. McCarron Phone: +1 763 786-8160 x120 Managing Director Fax: +1 763 786-8180 ApTest Minnesota Inet: shane@aptest.com
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