- From: Bill de hÓra <dehora@eircom.net>
- Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 17:56:51 -0000
- To: <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
> From: Thomas B. Passin [mailto:tpassin@home.com] > > > [Patrick Stickler > > > namespace == punctuation > > > > A namespace is nothing more than punctuation. It prevents > > local names from colliding in a context of global syndication > > of names. > > > > One cannot presume nor assert that a namespace denotes anything; > > not a vocabulary, not a doctype, not a web resource. Once used > > as a namespace, that URI ceases to have interpretation as a URI. > > > > At last! This comes up on other lists, too, it's not just > RDF. Let's hope that everyone else finally sees the light, > too. Nicely expressed, Patrick. So long as it's recognised that for practical purposes, namespaces direct behaviour. Once used as a namespace, that URI begins to have an interpretation as an argument to a decision made in code. Bill de hÓra
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