Re: [OT] Re: Lessons learned from the XML experiment

On 11/16/13 6:05 PM, Hans-Juergen Rennau wrote:
> However, I am at a loss why one
> should see anything in XML but nodes. Seeing nodes we see an amazing,
> yet hardly understood reality: the connectivity of information. A
> single, homogeneous space of information, held together by the “forces”
> of document URI and navigation axes. Seeing syntax, you look at a
> concrete wall. What a choice.

You see what you want to see.  Your nodes are my tangle.  Your concrete
wall is my freedom to innovate.

I don't mind people talking about nodes - I do use them myself - but
when people insist on nodes as the one true primary view, as you appear
to be doing, I question the value of the conversation.

If that's "backwards and downwards", fine.  I'm not sure why you've
chosen to stand on the ceiling.  I expect that eventually you'll fall off.

Thanks,
--
Simon St.Laurent
http://simonstl.com/