Re: [xml-dev] XPointer crisis

[Gavin Thomas Nicol <gtn@rbii.com>]

On Friday 01 February 2002 03:53 pm, Mike Champion wrote:
> Sometimes we should Just Do It and let the abstractions sort
> themselves out in the fullness of time.  xml:id strikes me as one of
> those things.

Just as namespaces appeared at the time.

I'm not disagreeing with going ahead and using xml:id, but let's quit 
standardizing stuff... and start *using* stuff. If more people *used* 
stuff, they might find they can do a lot with things just as they are.