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   Re: [xml-dev] Designing XML to Support Information Evolution

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Rick Marshall wrote:

> Robert Koberg wrote:
> 
>> Rick Marshall wrote:
>>
>>> hierarchies fail, 
>>
>>
>>
>> hmmm... isn't the internet a hierarchy? has that failed?
> 
> 
> the internet addressing is, the www isn't - it's a large associative 
> memory and i'd be willing to argue that's exactly why it works.
> 
> the internet works because you find machines by following routers, often 
> going up and down hierarchies to get to them. but routers can put 
> non-hierarchical links into the system. there's often more than one way 
> to get between machines.

so? its still a hierarchy, right?


> 
> rick





 

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