Re: Repeated properties versus Bags [Was: New public

Some time ago, Ralph R. Swick wrote:

> We considered doing exactly this; in fact, we started with a
> design choice to disallow repeated properties.  But some of
> our client applications felt that Bags were too cumbersome
> for some common situations such as a work with multiple authors.

In fact, multiple authors should be modeled as a Seq.  It matters
very much who is the first author, who is the second, and so on,
for purposes ranging from correct bibliography to academic credit.

-- 
John Cowan	http://www.ccil.org/~cowan		cowan@ccil.org
	You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
	You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
		Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)

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