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Re: Just say 'mu' to namespace URIs (was Re: XML1.1

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• Subject: Re: Just say 'mu' to namespace URIs (was Re: XML1.1 grinds to halt?)
• From: Mike Champion <mc@x...>
• Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:50:49 -0400
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 19:19:19 -0700, Paul Prescod <paul@p...> wrote:

> Invention is easy. Rolling it out is hard. See also: UDDI. What 
> technical, economic and governance models do you think would be 
> reasonable? Who would be the ICANN of URNs?

All good points, but remember this was a primal scream of frustration, not 
necessariliy a serious suggestion.  Joe's reference to mu just brought to 
mind the image of Master TimBL offering the koan "Does a namespace name 
have IRI nature?" and the W3C grinding to a halt while everyone meditates 
on it :-)

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  • Re: XML 1.1 grinds to halt?
    • From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@c...>
  • RE: XML 1.1 grinds to halt?
    • From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@n...>
  • Re: XML 1.1 grinds to halt?
    • From: Joe English <jenglish@f...>
  • Just say 'mu' to namespace URIs (was Re: XML 1.1 grinds tohalt?)
    • From: Mike Champion <mc@x...>
  • Re: Just say 'mu' to namespace URIs (was Re: XML 1.1 grinds to halt?)
    • From: Paul Prescod <paul@p...>

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