- From: Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@simonstl.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 14:34:27 -0400
- To: <xml-uri@w3.org>
At 02:15 PM 6/22/00 -0400, Jonathan Borden wrote: >John Cowan wrote: > >>... The trouble is that a single namespace may have >> many associated schemas: in the terminology I introduced yesterday, a >> namespace is a vocabulary rather than a language. TimBL prefers to say >> that it is a super-language, but a language without a syntax seems to be >> a self-contradictory notion. >> > >Vocabulary is a terrific way to describe namespaces, and missed it yesterday For all my opposition to the use of the word 'language' in this forum, I have no such complaints about 'vocabulary'. A set of words is fine with me, and doesn't preclude mixing and matching or create odd complications with multiple or non-existent schemas. It's a much less loaded word, one I'm much happier to work with. Simon St.Laurent XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed. http://www.simonstl.com - XML essays and books
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