Re: HT's third example

On Mar 15, 2011, at 7:00 AM, Henry S. Thompson wrote:

> C. M. Sperberg-McQueen writes:
>> ...
>> So I think the status of the example is indeterminate
>> in the status quo and probably should remain so:  we
>> cannot provide a firmer footing here without a
>> complete revision of the foundations of the spec.
>> Unfortunately, I don't think we are in a position to do 
>> that now.  
> 
> That seems to me unnecessarily pessimistic.  I attach herewith
> ...
> for those interested in a demonstration that Algorithm O has the
> necessary properties and does not require "over[much] intelligence".


I'm sorry, I may be confused.

Are you suggesting that we make a particular algorithm
for reading schema documents (and in particular your 
algorithm O) a normative part of the spec?


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