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Re: The task to be solved by RDDL. Re: RDDL (was RE:

• To: <xml-dev@l...>,"Elliotte Rusty Harold" <elharo@m...>
• Subject: Re: The task to be solved by RDDL. Re: RDDL (was RE: Negotiate Out The Noise)
• From: "Nicolas Lehuen" <nicolas.lehuen@u...>
• Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 22:03:59 +0100
• References: <NCBBKFMJCLIMOBIGKFMJMECCHBAA.ldodds@i...> <005e01c1a0e6$9629ab40$0100000a@nico> <p04330103b86f9c480cb6@[192.168.254.4]>

I do show respect for human users. I'd rather present trustworthy data in
XML format than bullshit in XHTML.

Regards,
Nicolas

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elliotte Rusty Harold" <elharo@m...>
To: <xml-dev@l...>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 11:00 PM
Subject: Re:  The task to be solved by RDDL. Re:  RDDL
(was RE:  Negotiate Out The Noise)


> At 1:41 PM +0100 1/19/02, Nicolas Lehuen wrote:
>
>
> >The human-readable documentation should really come separately and be
linked
> >like any other resource (schema, etc.), not embedded inside the resource
> >list. A first step, if you really want to keep RDDL's semantics, would be
to
> >take out all human-readable text in separate files, define a purpose of
> >"human-readable documentation", and different natures for English,
French,
> >German, Swahili, etc. Or maybe the nature of such a resource would be
XHTML
> >and we would have to add the support for xml:lang in resource
descriptors.
> >
>
> Your approach shows insufficient respect for human users. The human
> types a URL into the web browser location bar. The browser should
> provide them with a reasonable response. It is the computer's job to
> adapt to the needs of human beings, not the job of human beings to
> adapt to the needs of the computer. This is, of course, a value
> judgement.
>
> I am a human being. Please do not fold, spindle, or mutilate.
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    • From: "Leigh Dodds" <ldodds@i...>
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    • From: "Nicolas Lehuen" <nicolas.lehuen@u...>
  • Re: The task to be solved by RDDL. Re: RDDL(was RE: Negotiate Out The Noise)
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