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RE: The year is 2027, and we need to examine archived XML docu

• From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
• To: "'Ken North'" <kennorth@s...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:13:23 +0100

> Isn't there an inherent problem that there are dependencies 
> (namespaces and schema) on www.W3.org and www.snia.org? What 
> assurance is there those domains will exist for 20 years, 
> much less 100?

Absolutely none. A judge could decide tomorrow afternoon that W3C is an
illegal cartel and order its web site to be taken down and destroyed. But
the world would find a way around the problem. There are entity resolvers,
after all. 

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

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