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Jeff Rafter writes:
> So if we eliminate the notion of reference (to a real world idea) and
> deal only with pattern or value in the actual document is there some
> way to eliminate namespaces entirely and still mix "vocabularies"?
I think a strictly pattern-based approach would offer context - both
ancestor and descendant context - as an answer to that, though context
can occasionally be misleading or abused.
A table which contains cells is likely a formatting tool, while a table
that specifies wood species and finish technique is likely furniture -
and might even contain a table of the other kind listing the options
available for that piece of furniture.
The code for this might not be easy, but I suspect it's well within the
capabilities of XPath/XSLT, Schematron, or perhaps RELAX NG.
I'm not certain that patterns alone are the answer to all problems. On
the other hand, I worry that identifiers are being offered as a solution
that works formally, but is really painful in practice.
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Simon St.Laurent - SSL is my TLA
http://simonstl.com may be my URI
http://monasticxml.org may be my ascetic URI
urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.6320 is another possibility altogether
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