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Re: limits of the generic

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• Subject: Re: limits of the generic
• From: Norman Walsh <ndw@n...>
• Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:37:06 -0400
• In-reply-to: <1033406003.1771.656.camel@ibook> (Eric van der Vlist's messageof "30 Sep 2002 19:13:22 +0200")
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/ Eric van der Vlist <vdv@d...> was heard to say:
| On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 18:30, Norman Walsh wrote:
|
|> Personally, it's not an interesting solution to me because I want
|> links to be manifest even in well-formed documents that don't have a
|> W3C XML Schema, let alone documents that use other schema technologies.
|
| I don't want to be nasty, but can't this be interpreted as defining
| limits to what the PSVI can be used for and denying its implicit claim
| to be generic which was (as far as I can remember since this thread is
| becoming difficult to follow) Simon's initial point?

When did I say that I believed there were no limits to W3C XML Schema?
When have I said that about *any* technology?

Have I ever suggested that generic[1] is the same as universal[2]?

| You want links to be manifest in well formed documents because links are
| obviously important to you but couldn't I want the same for any other
| type which is important to me?

Sure. You probably do. Have I ever tried to stop you?

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

[1] ge.ner.ic
    "relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class"

[2] uni.ver.sal
    "including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively
     without limit or exception"

- -- 
Norman.Walsh@S...    | In every work of genius we recognize our own
XML Standards Architect | rejected thoughts; they come back to us with
Sun Microsystems, Inc.  | a certain alienated majesty.--Emerson
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    • From: Eric van der Vlist <vdv@d...>
  • Re: limits of the generic
    • From: Norman Walsh <ndw@n...>
  • Re: limits of the generic
    • From: Eric van der Vlist <vdv@d...>

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