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Re: Compressability (WAS RE: XML Schemas: the wrong name)

• From: Martin Bryan <mtbryan@s...>
• To: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>, xml-dev@x...
• Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 08:09:35 +0100

Len Bullard wrote:
>Regardless of the
> notion that XML expresses HAS-A
> relationships (containment) the
> effect of naming to a heterarchy of
> processes applied to namespaces infers
> IS-A relationships.

One of the key problems is the wollyness of these commonly usesd (or I
should say misused) names. If you replace them with the more accurate
CONSISTS-OF and HAS-BEEN-CLASSIFIED-AS you can start to see the relationship
between the two, especially if you think in terms of Whole/Part
relationships.

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    • From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>

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