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Re: Do you enjoy neighborhoods where every house looksthe same

• From: Lauren Wood <lauren@textuality.com>
• To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
• Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:46:40 -0700

On 28-Aug-13 8:37 AM, Simon St.Laurent wrote:

> Programmers often find code that was built to particular standards or
> patterns... wasn't.
>
> I tend to find it easier to hang pictures by driving the nail into a
> place in the wall where I know there's wood immediately beneath.  That
> not only avoids the electrical work, it provides a sound foundation for
> the nail.

Trust but verify. And, of course, this is but one very small component,
a bit like using an href attribute to indicate a URL. People could use
something else, but typically don't, so you usually can rely on it being
a URL.

Lauren

• References:
  • Do you enjoy neighborhoods where every house looks the same?
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
  • Re: Do you enjoy neighborhoods where every house looksthe same?
    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
  • Re: Do you enjoy neighborhoods where every house looks the same?
    • From: "Bill Kearney" <wkearney@gmail.com>
  • Re: Do you enjoy neighborhoods where every house looksthe same?
    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
  • Re: Do you enjoy neighborhoods where every house looks the same?
    • From: Lauren Wood <lauren@textuality.com>
  • Re: Do you enjoy neighborhoods where every house looksthe same?
    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>