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I do show respect for human users. I'd rather present trustworthy data in
XML format than bullshit in XHTML.
Regards,
Nicolas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elliotte Rusty Harold" <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>
To: <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] The task to be solved by RDDL. Re: [xml-dev] RDDL
(was RE: [xml-dev] Negotiate Out The Noise)
> At 1:41 PM +0100 1/19/02, Nicolas Lehuen wrote:
>
>
> >The human-readable documentation should really come separately and be
linked
> >like any other resource (schema, etc.), not embedded inside the resource
> >list. A first step, if you really want to keep RDDL's semantics, would be
to
> >take out all human-readable text in separate files, define a purpose of
> >"human-readable documentation", and different natures for English,
French,
> >German, Swahili, etc. Or maybe the nature of such a resource would be
XHTML
> >and we would have to add the support for xml:lang in resource
descriptors.
> >
>
> Your approach shows insufficient respect for human users. The human
> types a URL into the web browser location bar. The browser should
> provide them with a reasonable response. It is the computer's job to
> adapt to the needs of human beings, not the job of human beings to
> adapt to the needs of the computer. This is, of course, a value
> judgement.
>
> I am a human being. Please do not fold, spindle, or mutilate.
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