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[Bullard, Claude L (Len)]
> The PUBLIC identifier, as you know, can have interesting
> information in it that has nothing to do with dereferencing
> a representation from a resource over a network protocol.
> Are you saying the URI in the PUBLIC id would point to a document
> for getting that information?
>
> That would also mean that nothing can be done with XML unless
> it is done "on the web". PUBLIC IDs are a way to hook up
> to other systems. You would be legislating away that right.
>
I just took it that John meant to use a __non-dereferenceable__ URI as an
identifier, since using URIs as has become standard practice by now (xslt,
RDF, OWL...). Now you could really confuse people by using a retrievable
http: URL for the Public Identifier!
Cheers,
Tom P
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