- From: John Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org>
- Date: Sun, 4 Jun 100 13:47:41 -0400 (EDT)
- To: asgilman@iamdigex.net (Al Gilman)
- Cc: xml-uri@w3.org
Al Gilman scripsit: > On the other hand, there is an appropriate short circuit in the case where > the binding is be definitive [as with XSLT], i.e. the document may create > and definitively describe just one namespace, in which case a reference to > the document is suitable as an identifier for the namespace. In this case > the document itself defines a 1:1 relationship between namespace and > document and in identifying the namespace a reference to the document is > definitive. The document has a unique proper namespace and the > identification is clear. I agree that the relationship is one-one (and even onto), but I deny that it amounts to identity. Confounding the namespace with the document that describes it is a map-territory error. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org Yes, I know the message date is bogus. I can't help it. --me, on far too many occasions
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