- From: Patrick Stickler <patrick.stickler@nokia.com>
- Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 21:13:47 +0200
- To: <LMM@acm.org>, "'ext Tim Bray'" <tbray@textuality.com>, WWW TAG <www-tag@w3.org>
On 2002-02-06 18:35, "ext Larry Masinter" <LMM@acm.org> wrote:
>> namespace == punctuation
>>
>> A namespace is nothing more than punctuation. It prevents
>> local names from colliding in a context of global syndication
>> of names.
>
>
> I'm fine with almost everything you say except:
>
>> Once used
>> as a namespace, that URI ceases to have interpretation as a URI.
Yes, yes, and rightly so. My sincerest apologies at such poor wording.
Hopefully by now you have read my followup, which clarifies what
I had intended to say.
Sorry, again, that I needlessly caused you to post so detailed
a response (which was correct, of course).
Regards,
Patrick
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Received on Wednesday, 6 February 2002 14:12:34 UTC