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David > > > > One of the techniques the XML/EDI community have been propounding > > vs proposing? I'd be curious whether alternative approaches have been > examined, or what alternative techniques were discussed within the scope > of this particular approach. Many alternative approaches have been proposed, some of which include things like using the database keys as element and attribute names directly. > > is the use > > of namespaced attributes to point to semantic specifications using the XLink > > mechanism or an application specific mechanism. Basically the namespace of > > the attribute points to the rules for interpreting the attribute value and > > the value of the attribute points to the definition of the semantics that > > are to be applied to the element. > > This doesn't require actually trying to fetch information identified by a > URI. But it also leaves open the question of which level(s) of semantics > are tied to the namespaces in question. Oh so true. This why CEN/ISSS has recently set up a Defining and Managing Semantics and Datatypes project group to discuss just this issue at a pan-European level, and to determine what best practices are required. Martin Bryan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Bryan, 29 Oldbury Orchard, Churchdown, Glos GL3 2PU, UK Phone/Fax: +44 1452 714029 E-mail: mtbryan@s... For more information about The SGML Centre contact http://www.sgml.u-net.com For more information about the European Commission's Open Information Interchange (OII) initiative contact http://www.echo.lu/oii/en/oiistand.html For more information about the ISIS XML/EDI Project contact http://wwe.tieke.fi/isis-xmedil.html xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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