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Re: Partyin' like it's 1999

• To: Elliotte Harold <elharo@m...>
• Subject: Re: Partyin' like it's 1999
• From: Gavin Thomas Nicol <gtn@r...>
• Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 00:35:08 -0400
• Cc: srodriguez142857@y...,xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <4180DA43.6060107@m...>
• References: <20041028023430.35787.qmail@w...> <4180DA43.6060107@m...>

On Oct 28, 2004, at 7:38 AM, Elliotte Harold wrote:

> Sergio J. Rodriguez M. wrote:
>
>> If Namespaces are in fact a disaster, then why is widely used in any 
>> XML Vocabulary, like RDF or OWL?
>
> Because we didn't know better six years ago. Some things you only 
> learn from brutal experience.

Inertia... big names pushing a flawed spec over the protestations of 
many. Once out, things snowballed.

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