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> From: Simon St.Laurent [mailto:simonstl@s...] > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 5:18 PM > To: XML DEV > Subject: RE: QNames ain't URIs (was QName madness) > > > julian.reschke@g... (Julian Reschke) writes: > >> I have to agree with Simon. I am quite puzzled by John's claim > >> that QNames are isomporphic to URIs. > > > >Sorry? > > > >The trivial proof is to define a function that maps any given QName > >(URI, local name pair) to a URI. That's not hard to do. > > > >(and no, the generated URIs will not be particulary pretty) > > That proof is genuinely trivial, with no substantive bearing on the > arguments being made. That is possible does not mean that it is either > wise or an actual feature of QNames. > > QNames have a different community of practice than URIs, and mere > formalisms do not and likely cannot reflect that. Yes, and I didn't claim that. Besides, in the meantime I've learned that I in fact was talking about *expanded* names. However I've got the feeling that most of the people that talk about QNames really want to talk about (namespaceName, localName) pairs (see TAG). Julian -- <green/>bytes GmbH -- http://www.greenbytes.de -- tel:+492512807760
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