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RE: [xml-dev] Re: determining ID-ness in XML
- From: "Champion, Mike" <Mike.Champion@SoftwareAG-USA.com>
- To: "Fred L. Drake, Jr." <fdrake@acm.org>,"Champion, Mike" <Mike.Champion@SoftwareAG-USA.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 14:40:48 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred L. Drake, Jr. [mailto:fdrake@acm.org]
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 2:27 PM
> > Logically xml:id should "win", but for backwards
> compatibility, I'd say that the application ID should "win".
>
> Which is a good reaason to decree it to be an error -- ambiguity is
> our enemy.
Yes: A much better idea than setting rules to pick the winner!