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• To: "Roger L. Costello" <costello@m...>
• Subject: Re: A Systematic Approach to using Simple XMLVocabularies to Implement Large (Complex) Systems
• From: Dave Pawson <davep@d...>
• Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:32:31 +0000
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <200412142117.iBELH7E02715@s...>
• References: <200412142117.iBELH7E02715@s...>
• Reply-to: davep@d...

On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 16:16 -0500, Roger L. Costello wrote:

> THE LEN BULLARD APPROACH
> 
> The approach that Len suggested was to use a "metadata framework" which ties
> together the simple vocabularies.  Let me try to make concrete Len's
> suggested approach using the above Invoice example.

> 
> Second, create a "metadata framework" which brings cohesion to the simple
> vocabularies:
> 
> <Invoice>
>    <PurchasedBy href="RLC"/>
>    <PurchasedItem type="book" href="Bach"/>
> </Invoice>
> 
> Len noted that Topic Maps might be used as the metadata framework.
> 
> Len, have I characterized your ideas correctly?  
> 
> THE PETER HUNSBERGER APPROACH
> 
> In the above Invoice example tags that are specific to postal addresses and
> books were used.  A disadvantage is that many domain-specific simple
> vocabularies must be created.

I don't see that as a disadvantage Roger.
I often steal with glee bits of vocabularies (revhistory from docbook
this afternoon) to wrap into others.

I see nothing wrong with the approach above, 
and see Peter's as 'html-ish'? It has to be either div or span?

regards DaveP


-- 
Dave Pawson
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