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Re: Penance for misspent attributes

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• Subject: Re: Penance for misspent attributes
• From: Arjun Ray <aray@n...>
• Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 04:18:24 +0000
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"Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...> wrote:
| On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 14:34, Arjun Ray wrote:

|> The basic lesson: Do not use attributes to *analyse* wholes into parts. 
| 
| Yes!  A very nice way to describe the distinction.

Unfortunately, this goes against some significant memes in the XML world.
Consider, for instance, this specimen of appalling cluelessness, which was
no doubt well received nonetheless:

 http://www.w3.org/TandS/QL/QL98/pp/microsoft-serializing.html

Note, in particular, the glib use of "canonical" - nice, friendly, warm,
feelgood vibes there - to predispose the reader to the um, "correct view".

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