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Re: linking, 80/20

• To: "Didier PH Martin" <martind@n...>
• Subject: Re: linking, 80/20
• From: Henrik Motakef <henrik.motakef@w...>
• Date: 18 Aug 2002 00:30:43 +0200
• Cc: "'Paul Prescod'" <paul@p...>, "'John Cowan'" <jcowan@r...>, <xml-dev@l...>
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"Didier PH Martin" <martind@n...> writes:

> So Paul, to the list of arguments that invalidate the xlink
> theory/specifications you add: too many namespaces lead to an increase
> in cognitive load. Could this be fixed by a DTD declaration or where and
> how do you see a major showstopper preventing the namespace
> identification to sit outside of XHTML documents per se (i.e. in
> DTDs).

Well, that would imply that recognizing links in an XHTML document
requires processing its DTD (or whatever gets you a PSVI that adds
default namespace declarations). Not necessarily a good thing, IMHO.

Then again, I'm not Paul ;-)

Regards
Henrik

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