Re: [xml-dev] Re: determining ID-ness in XML

[Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 05:29:48PM -0500, Champion, Mike wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daniel Veillard [mailto:veillard@redhat.com]
> > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 4:57 PM
> > To: Tim Bray
> > Cc: ietf-xml-mime@imc.org; xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> > Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Re: determining ID-ness in XML
> > > Procedurally?  A new W3C note leading to a tiny 2-page REC,
> > > I'd say.  Easier than re-opening either the XML or Namespace
> > > RECs. 
> > 
> >   Agreed, though there isn't that many WG who can handle this
> > at the moment, I see only Core, and one may need to apply serious
> > pressure to get more work added to an existing WG. But who knows ...
> 
> Hmmm ..... check out
> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/technology/29WEB.html

  Registration needed, (BTW have you noted how Countries are listed
"United State, Afghanistan ..." :-)

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> 
> What's sauce for Microsoft is sauce for the W3C, no? 

  Hum, not sure I catch your point. Mine is that WG are busy, and 
if getting a NOTE in /TR is relatively easy, getting a REC needs 
a Working Group scheduled to do it. Doing XML Id would be similar to
do XML Base (retroffitting a change using the gap left in the 1.0
infrastructure) and as much as I would like to see people agreeing
quickly on it and getting it out in a couple of month, I know from
experience it is not possible (again I would love to be proven wrong !)

Daniel

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