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Namespaces in XML is only DNS based if you stick to the "URIs are HTTP
URLs with a fancier name". URNs do not have to be DNS based.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:clbullar@ingr.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 3:15 PM
> To: Dare Obasanjo; Simon St.Laurent; xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: RE: [xml-dev] namespace reprise
>
>
> The DNS basis asserts authority and can be construed
> to assert ownership. This can have the effect of robbing
> the commons by privatizing the ownership of concepts.
> It will concentrate power into fewer and fewer hands
> without oversight. It is a Republican's wet dream
> and the ultimate third worlder's nightmare.
>
> Content must be neutral with respect to the container.
>
> len
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dare Obasanjo [mailto:dareo@microsoft.com]
>
> I'd be more interested in someone who can point out the the
> difficulty caused by namespaces in XML that don't boil down
> to philosophical or aesthetic arguments.
>
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