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Re: URIs again and again ....

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• Subject: Re: URIs again and again ....
• From: Matt Gushee <mgushee@h...>
• Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 19:24:41 -0600
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On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 07:18:23PM -0400, Jimmy Cerra wrote:

> How about lobbing Mr. Burns-Lee, or TPTB, to change the XML Namespace
> specification so that they reference "a unique string" that identifies that
> particular namespace (and not specifically a URI)?

And how in God's name can we be sure we've got a unique string without
agreeing to follow *some* published specification--whether that be URIs,
Formal Public Identifiers a la SGML, ISBNs, UPCs, or whatever??

-- 
Matt Gushee
Englewood, Colorado, USA
mgushee@h...
http://www.havenrock.com/

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