Re: Web Architecture, 'XML Autonomy'

"Simon St.Laurent" wrote:

> I keep requesting that semantics be treated as a layer on top of syntax,
> while you and Dan seem to be insisting that URI semantics be driven as
> deeply into the syntax layer as possible.

Well, yes and no.  It is difficult to make a semantic distinction between
strings that the lower layer insists on treating as identical (i.e. xmlns="foo"
in two different documents).

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Received on Wednesday, 24 May 2000 12:39:34 UTC