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From: John Cowan [mailto:jcowan@reutershealth.com]

"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" scripsit:
> 
> To parse it for well-formedness, no.  To do anything
> past that, yes.  It will be in the documentation.  As 
> Jonathan said, progress is made in the semantic world 
> by having a precise formal kind of documentation for 
> the namespace.   Umm... from genCoding to Document 
> Type Definitions.  We seem to be deja re-viewing.
> 
> Choose:
> 
> NOTATION - tell me where the processor for this 
> element is (inline)

> NOTATIONs are types.

Umm... one could name the processor.  Otherwise, 
I agree.

>> MIME - give me a name for finding a processor for 
>> this document is (objects are ortho-docs)

>Media types.

Yes.

>> namespace - tell me where to find the instructions 
>> for building a processor for this guy is, or for 
>> finding the directions to where the processor for 
>> this guy is, or where the processor is and 
>> I can figure out the scope of this guy if you 
>> did it all correctly

>Naah.  Namespaces are designed to prevent name collisions and that's it.
>Anything else is all in your head.

That explains why my head hurts.

len




 

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