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   Re: [xml-dev] XML/RDF

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Micah Dubinko wrote,
> Isn't that the whole crux of the problem? If the problem is that two
> databases (or web pages) use a different name for "zip code", the
> solution is to add a third (Q)name, that both must agree upon?

The sad truth is that whenever a supposedly neutral common denominator 
is introduced to generalize over two or more alternatives, it doesn't 
displace them ... it ends up being just another alternative, at which 
point we repeat ad nauseam.

Cheers,


Miles




 

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