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The confusion has spread far and wide even amongst people building XML tools and technologies. -- PITHY WORDS OF WISDOM He who laughs last didn't catch on very fast, did he? This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > -----Original Message----- > From: David Hunter [mailto:dhunter@v...] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 9:37 AM > To: 'xml-dev@l... ' > Subject: RE: DNS based URIs that don't imply access method > > > True, but I think we've heard from numerous people on this > list who would testify that the confusion caused by using > URIs for namespace names extends well beyond the borders of > XML-DEV. (I would argue that the people on this list are the > ones best qualified to understand this stuff. If we don't, > or argue about it incessantly, what chance does the average > developer have to understand it?) > > And again, if my previous post didn't make it clear, there > must be an easier way to provide uniqueness. Proponents of > URIs like to say that "it's easier than generating GUIDs", as > if there's no middle ground, but my point in bringing up Java > package names is that I don't think GUIDs and URIs are the > only two alternatives available to us... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Danny Ayers > To: David Hunter; xml-dev@l... > Sent: 7/25/2002 12:06 PM > Subject: RE: DNS based URIs that don't imply access method > > >The costs (mass confusion, thousands upon thousands of emails to > XML-DEV, > >thousands of person-hours burned on discussing the issue ad > infinitum) > just > >seem to vastly outweigh the benefits (easier uniqueness) of using > certain > >types of URI (HTTP URLs being the most common, and most ill-fitted, > >example, IMHO). > > Costs that only apply to xml-dev subscribers don't really add > much weight in the general scheme of things. Easier > uniqueness is a big benefit all round. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org > <http://www.xml.org>, an initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl>
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