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While munching on the grass, it is every cows' privilege to moo. :-) As said before, it is the way of groves that makes them interesting. It seems this saidToBeToComplicated approach is more elegant and robust than the DidLessSoCan'tDoEnough alternatives. Still, I think it is semantic sharing that is the real bear. Neither computers nor humans are dependable mind readers and the well-formed only approach requires that. I sympathize with what the well-formed only folks say, but it won't work outside a limited context of exchange or one in which all parties are under one authority. (Who chooses choices dominates design.) So far, the most sensible bit I've seen in this thread has been Schemas are not well-layered with regards to type checking and name validation. I don't seem to get into trouble until I attach a namespace given that I do globalize the names and as Rick says, rename colliders not because it is theoretically elegant, but because it is easy to do and easier to document. When does this fail? When I don't get to control the names and have to exchange blind. Then something has to give. I can also localize in the schema and then I only get into trouble if they don't use my schema. Len http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h -----Original Message----- From: Leigh Dodds [mailto:ldodds@i...] I knew if I read down this thread far enough Len would mention groves! And if he didn't I was going to... It seems like if you generalise Michael's notions of attaching generic annotations to the results of a parse you have a grove. And picking out the parts relevant to a particular application (or class of application) is a grove plan. I know there is a lot of baggage attached to that particular term, but I've seen suggestion of a similar mechanism appear time and again. Even in Simpleton circles.
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