- From: Paul W. Abrahams <abrahams@valinet.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:50:44 -0400
- To: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- CC: keshlam@us.ibm.com, "xml-uri@w3.org" <xml-uri@w3.org>
John Cowan wrote: > keshlam@us.ibm.com wrote: > > > [W]e have to > > define namespaces as matching if and only if we're sure their URIs match -- > > that is, if the two names are precisely string-equal. > > But! > > You are blurring the question for which this list was defined: do two namespaces > match if their *URI*s are string-equal, or is it if the *URI references* through > which they were specified are string-equal? That is "absolutize" vs. "literal". > > > The best way I know to simplify these points for pedagogical purposes -- > > and to simplify and speed up the implementations of this logic -- is to say > > "The URI is just compared literally". This continues to bias me heavily > > away from the Absolutize behavior. > > Au contraire, it *is* the Absolutize behavior; you are kicking the ball into > your own goalposts. The Literal behavior is that the URI references are > compared literally. There's something very worrisome here when two such smart, articulate, and well-informed people have such a basic disagreement, not about what ought to be, but about what is. Paul Abrahams
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