- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:28:28 +0100
- To: "Pawson, David" <David.Pawson@rnib.org.uk>
- Cc: "Jonathan Borden" <jonathan@openhealth.org>, www-tag@w3.org
On Tuesday, February 22, 2005, 9:33:50 AM, David wrote:
PD> -----Original Message-----
PD> From: Jonathan Borden
PD> > Please don't exclude users without web access from processing XML
PD> > documents with namespaces.
PD> One can use XML Catalog to provide local 'resolution' of
PD> URIs, such that a local user with or without web access can
PD> provide any RDDL document for any namespace they might
PD> choose (or any other document for any other URI for that matter).
PD> Agreed Jonathan. But how many non-geeks comprehend catalog use?
PD> How many geeks have even heard of catalogs?
PD> I know mine isn't up to date. Its a way round the problem for
PD> some applications.
The focus should probably be on getting application developers to use
catalogs, so that users don't have to know about them and see no
difference when online or offline.
PD> I would hate XML and its applications to become a tool
PD> for connected users only.
Agreed. Really annoying to be editing a doc on a plane, and it times out
for a couple of minutes and then says the xhtml dtd is not available :)
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Chris Lilley mailto:chris@w3.org
Chair, W3C SVG Working Group
W3C Graphics Activity Lead
Received on Tuesday, 22 February 2005 15:28:28 UTC