[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: Has XML run its course?
A little of both. We have to depend on the URI/URN/URL schemes ("something has to root it" - TimBL), and then there is the notion of what can be done reliably with the information when we have it *beyond* what is currently defined in the namespace spec (underdefined). I believe most of the controversy is in the second problem, but the first reveals the theoretical Achilles Heel: accepting a system definition in all of the information therefore weakening some aspects of reusability. I don't consider that a showstopper. People and systems are working with both problems and working reasonably well. I'm fairly certain that without controversy, we would all be doing something more entertaining than XML. len -----Original Message----- From: Fuchs, Matthew [mailto:matthew.fuchs@c...] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:54 PM To: Bullard, Claude L (Len) Cc: xml-dev@l... Subject: RE: Has XML run its course? But is that intrinsic or just an issue of primogeniture? Matthew > -----Original Message----- > From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:clbullar@i...] > > Namespaces is the most controversial topic > because it does alter the definition of XML 1.0 > quite directly and because it is underfined > and it's implications not well-understood.
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