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Re: Tags and Types (was Re: Re: maps)

• To: "Jonathan Borden" <jborden@a...>
• Subject: Re: Tags and Types (was Re: Re: maps)
• From: Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@f...>
• Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 13:16:31 -0600
• Cc: "Mike Champion" <mc@x...>, xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: Message from "Jonathan Borden" <jborden@a...> of "Tue, 06 Aug 2002 14:06:08 EDT." <004701c23d73$f0a95dc0$0201a8c0@n...>
• Sender: uche.ogbuji@f...

> I beg to differ.
> 
> What I _am_ saying is that as long as there is a transformation, then there
> is a logical relationship between the two formats. If there are
> bidirectional transformations then the two formats are equivalent _with
> respect to that transform_. When we have logically equivalent lexical
> representations for a particular value (read: when the lexical spaces both
> map to the same value space) then _other issues_ such as appropriateness for
> a particular set of authors, users, human vs. machine readability etc. guide
> the choices we might make for a given application.
> 
> So yes, as long as it can be transformed ... to the extent that such a
> transform provides a logical equivalence i.e. that we are talking about the
> same value with different lexical representations ... then I am in the camp
> that folks should choose whatever they prefer ** understanding that certain
> types of software, renderers, and a host of unpredicable issues will guide
> which lexical representation is appropriate for which application. More
> succinctly: I don't care :-)

I must have missed something.  This is not what I understood you to be saying, 
and glancing back at your recent posts, I'm still having trouble reconciling 
those with the above.

No matter.  I'm happy to accept a satisfactory conclusion :-)


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