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Re: Enlightenment via avoiding the T-word

• From: Sean McGrath <sean.mcgrath@p...>
• To: xml-dev@l...
• Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:19:56 +0100

[Simon St.Laurent]

>I'm used to proceeding without any semblance of a foundation in history
>and philosophy, so I guess I should be used to it in XML as well.

All markup, XML included, is simply a footnote to Tarski's work
on Mereology:
         http://www.xrefer.com/entry/552789

:-)

Tim is right. The work "type" opens up a can of worms in which
it is difficult to communicate.

Putting concepts on top of other concepts is hard.
All those contemplating a debate on typing systems and the ontological
relationship between NS, FQGI, XSD etc. should take a cup of coffee
to this URL:
         http://www.rraz.co.uk/alexs/python/MontyPython6.htm

Sean

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    • From: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
  • Re: Enlightenment via avoiding the T-word
    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>

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