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Re: Re: Can XLink be fixed?


alternatives to xlink
> Didier replies:
> Like you I am not always please with what's coming out of W3C but most
> of all I am not pleased at all having face a schizophrenic behavior and
> no consistency. If W3C came out with a link specs, good or bad, its
> better that other W3 specs use it for internal consistency or, if a
> major breakdown is discovered, that the xlink spec is updated. I won't
> defend each groups but I want to know, in a structured document, the
> reasons why Xlink is a showstopper for XHTML. It would help to
> understand why xlink is broken.

I dunno.  I myself could not put it so simply, because I'm very happy not to 
have the W3C wed itself to WXS or XQuery in follow-on specifications.  I don't 
have an empirical objection to providing alternatives to XLink, if these are 
needed.  I just like to see the clear argument as to what is wrong with XLink 
in the first place.  This has been argued to death in the case of WXS, and I 
think that some very smart people (Clark, Makoto, Jelliffe, Mulani, etc.) have 
come up with strong reasons for opening up schema language diversity.  I'm 
having trouble (and I know I'm not alone) finding the clear and coherent 
arguments against XLink.  I'm quite open to having my mind changed (and I'm 
already drifting a tad bit).


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