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Re: XLink and mixed vocabulary design

• To: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• Subject: Re: XLink and mixed vocabulary design
• From: Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@e...>
• Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 10:31:10 +0100
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Simon St.Laurent wrote:
> jcowan@r... writes:
>>Hypertext is a particular application of linking, a more basic notion.
>>It's a mistake to think of links solely in the hypertext context.
> 
> I don't think that changes the argument about the value of generic
> linking at all.  To put it bluntly, "one linking mechanism to rule them
> all" is ridiculous on its face.

Blunt is fine, but this particular instance is tragically unhelpful. Why 
is it ridiculous on its face, does it have a big red shiny nose or 
something?

-- 
Robin Berjon

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