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Re: ATTN: Please comment on XHTML (before it's too late)

• From: "Paul Tchistopolskii" <paul@q...>
• To: "XMLDev list" <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 16:08:45 -0700

----- Original Message -----
From: joubin <joubin@i...>
To: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@i...>; XMLDev list <xml-dev@i...>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: ATTN: Please comment on XHTML (before it's too late)


> From: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@i...>
>
> >I seem to recall, at the time Namespaces was being debated, a lone voice
> >saying that of course namespaces should be hierarchic rather than
> >single-level. Shame that none listened.
>
> Exactly.  The whole point of URI/URL schemas (AFAIU) is to map
hierarchical
> spaces.
>
> But XML-NS simply uses the cumbersome notation (it ain't, strictly
speaking,
> pretty) when the __information__ that the notational system is designed to
> convey is disregarded?
>
> (Further motivation:  A hierarchical naming context will greatly
facilitate
> 'modularization'.)

Namespaces should be hierarchic. I think that now most of
XML developers  would agree.

Is there any procedure for voting things like this?

I think if 90% of XML developers would now  vote  for namespaces
to be hierarchic, it may change something.

Rgds.Paul.

PS. I guess if voting would become  more popular procedure
than it is now we'l get more efficient movement, because
the nature of maling-list or any newsconference does not
provide enough statistics. Definately, namespaces are *so*
important  that manking 'not perfect' desision in this area
would affect  many ( if not all of)  XML applications, so
I think that  voting on issues like this is reasonable.

Also in some cases voting may decrease the level
of useless agression.

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