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- From: "Michael S. Brothers" <Michael.S.Brothers@EMCIns.Com>
- To: David Megginson <david@megginson.com>
- Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 13:26:42 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)
On Wed, 02 Jun 1999 15:08:29 -0400 (EDT) David Megginson
<david@megginson.com> wrote:
> Kent Sievers writes:
>
> > 2) Are we really that worried about collisions? After all, don't
> > I usually know (and approve) with whom I am exchanging data?
>
David Megginson reply:
> Not really, especially if you count HTTP transactions as "exchanging
> data", and in the future, I expect that things will get even more
> complicated: e-commerce, in particular, pretty much requires an
> ability for blind information exchange.
>
This being where an industry-wide standards organization fills the void
and develops the elements, attributes, etc., for all entities doing
business in that industry. If such DTD's (x-schema's, whatever) are in
place, communication within the industry would be seamless. The
complication arises when trying to exchange data outside the industry.
That's why I fall into the camp of having the namespace designator
actually point to a document that is retrievable and explains the data
being sent.
Take Care,
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Michael S. Brothers
Michael.S.Brothers@EMCIns.com
515-362-7473
At this point, I don't think that's the best
option.
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