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Re: RE : Text or tags choice with XSD

• To: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>
• Subject: Re: RE : Text or tags choice with XSD
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:27:44 -0400
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Bullard, Claude L (Len) scripsit:

> Why do I need to know that both dogs and cats are mammals? 
> Must I state that every time I feed the dog or the cat?

Note that the names "simple-time" and "complex-time" are themselves
complex in structure, unlike "dog" and "cat".  "Dog" and "cat" are
both ground-level notions with simple, native words.  "Mammal" is above
ground level.  But "time of day" is a ground-level notion, and "human
time convention" vs. "structural time convention" is below ground level.

-- 
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internal links in forms which are hideously        jcowan@r...
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