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   Re: [xml-dev] patterns vs. identifiers

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Miles wrote:
> Enough for what? Simon appeared to be saying that the needs of human 
> authors and readers trumped machines and the authors of processing 
> software. I don't think there's any evidence of that in the XML 1.0's 
> design goals.

No, I'm saying that XML 1.0 represents an attempt to balance human and
machine needs, and that the trend since has gone far too much in favor
of the machine.

I think there's plenty of evidence for that interpretation in the goals,
and a truckload of stomping on it ever since.


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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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