- From: S. Mike Dierken <mike@knownow.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 12:36:05 -0700
- To: <xml-dist-app@w3.org>
Good document. Eliot can always explain things better and in more depth than I can. Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: xml-dist-app-request@w3.org [mailto:xml-dist-app-request@w3.org]On > Behalf Of Arjun Ray > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 11:25 PM > To: xml-dist-app@w3.org > Subject: Re: XML within XML - includes, transcludes, whatever > > > On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, S. Mike Dierken wrote: > > > [...] but XML already has an ID scoping mechanism - it is the > > 'document' concept. A document IS a scope. > > Wow! I never thought that I would read this on a w3c list... > > > XML is a single document specification - it is a modular thing and > > multi-document concepts can be layered on top. There is no need to > > add more and more things into the base definition of XML. Many > > people have been using this internal-ref and external-ref approach > > for many years - just look at the Web. > [...] > > In short, I am against putting multi-document concepts into a > > single-document specification. There will always be a need to > > reference things outside the current document, and that mechanism > > is sufficient to deal with the problem. > > An echo from the past: > > http://list.mc.duke.edu/scripts/WA.EXE?A2=ind9806&L=sgml-hl7&F=&S=&P=5337 > > (If the link doesn't work - they're having problems with the server - > <URL:http://www.nyct.net/~aray/notes/wek-namespaces.txt> is a copy.) > > > Arjun >
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