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Re: Re: Are the publishing users happy? Why not?

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• Subject: Re: Re: Are the publishing users happy? Why not?
• From: Gavin Thomas Nicol <gtn@r...>
• Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 16:53:01 -0500
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On Tuesday 18 February 2003 02:34 pm, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
> Then I ask you this question:  can XML namespaces
> be leveraged to help guide an author?  I say it can.
>
> <nikon:lens>
>
> is better than
>
> <lens>

There is an abvious difference here, but how about between

   <nikon:lens/>

and

   <lens manufacturer="Nikon"/>

?

The information content is the same right?

> Assertion (unproven): complexity of content
> and complexity of markup are about the same if one
> drops HTML or other forms of presentation
> markup. 

I'd agree with the assertion, except for all the other factors your brought 
up. Markup design is a compromise between purity and practicality, and the 
balance changes over time.

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