- From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 12:38:47 -0400
- To: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>, "xml-uri@w3.org" <xml-uri@w3.org>
"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). -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)
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