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   Re: [xml-dev] Reality check needed ....

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[Bill de hÓra]
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> From: Jeff Lowery
> You really want to remove the markup from the file names?

Yep. File extensions are a nasty hack that don't actually solve
anything... Storing read-only metadata with read-write permissions is a
poor design. The file type is metadata about the file data, not the
file.
]]

But file extensions are __very helpful__ for humans, just like
human-readable element names are.

Cheers,

Tom P






 

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