RE: ACTION-156: Review of http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/selfDescribingDocuments-2008-05-12.html

Stuart Willams wrote:


> Re 4.2 URI Based Extensibility (anal) comment on:
> 
> "This [dynamic spec discover, implementation...] is done by:
>  - ensuring that every specification, and in many cases each markup 
> tag or data value used, is identified with a URI."
> 
> 
> Maybe we are talking at cross purpose. Maybe you are talking about 
> the markup and data values used in the specifications themselves - 
> eg XPATH/XQuery establish URI both for a bunch of functions and 
> operators, but also the corresponding part of the specification 
> document that describe each function/operator.

I meant to alert you to the fact that in the draft published last week 
[1], I made a small change that I am hoping will ease your concern.  The 
phrase in question now reads:

"ensuring that every specification, and in many cases each >markup tag 
name< or data value used, is identified with a URI"

I hope this helps.

Noah

[1] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/selfDescribingDocuments-2008-09-08


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