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   Re: [xml-dev] limits of the generic

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Jonathan Robie writes:
> I would like to have a small number of constructs, such as hrefs,
> that can be used across XML vocabularies. What's wrong with that?

Nothing, provided you don't expect the whole world to use your
semantics.  In a smaller scope than "all XML", you're welcome to do
whatever you like with such things.  

Pretend that it applies beyond the boundaries of your particular
application, and I think you've made an enormous mistake.  Encourage
others to make the same mistake, and the mistakes grow, even coming with
tools to encourage their multiplication.




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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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