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RE: Pragmatic namespaces

  • From: "Michael Kay" <mike@saxonica.com>
  • To: "'Pete Cordell'" <petexmldev@codalogic.com>,"'Tim Bray'" <Tim.Bray@S...>
  • Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:10:29 +0100

RE:  Pragmatic namespaces
> 
> Non-reversed still works better for me, i.e.:
> 
> <father.donkeys.tbray.org>
> <birth-date.donkeys.tbray.org>
> <feed.atom.ietf.org>
> <entry.atom.ietf.org>
> 
> It's easier to read, code completion tools will work better 
> and non-programmers will understand it more readily.
> 

Reversed works better for me. 

Indeed reversed would work better in DNS: the old UK Janet email addresses
used major-to-minor ordering, which is far more logical and is far more
common in "designed" hierarchic naming schemes (phone numbers, Dewey decimal
codes, IP addresses): postal addresses, Western personal names, and UK date
formats are exceptions to the rule.

I don't think phone users have ever had trouble understanding that you add a
prefix to the number if you're calling from outside the local area.

Regards,

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



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