Re: [xml-dev] Xlink Isn't Dead

[peter murray-rust <pm286@cam.ac.uk>]

At 18:44 24/09/2006, Ben Trafford wrote:

>At 01:15 PM 9/24/2006, Dave Pawson wrote:
>>I guess all that is missing is a David Megginson to take the lead 
>>and put forward the (a?) proposal.
>>Bob,  Jirka, Ben, someone else?
>
>         I'm working on a proposal for the list's review as we 
> speak. It should be out before midnight EST (that's the witching 
> hour, here in Soviet Canuckistan).

This is excellent. I think we have identified the issues. If 
something emerges which can replace what I have done in CML I will be 
happy and junk the <map> and <link> elements I have developed. In my 
case they are purely semantic (i.e. it is unlikely they will ever be 
renderable directly).

I may be old-fashioned but I would prefer an XML spec for links to 
RDF. That is not to say I don't use RDF but it is rather too flexible 
for me. I would like a link which can be strongly typed.

For those who don't remember what we did with SAX it's worth 
revisiting the archives. Essentially DavidM ran it with a weekly 
series of questions and members mailed him directly. Then each week 
he digested these and came out with a revised vision *and* running 
prototype code. The latter is VERY important.

I think the issues have been aired enough to make a good concise 
start. It is important to limit the discursion -  this list is now 
rather noisy, and to set timelines. Of course they can be revised. 
But we are much wiser now about what we want.

P.



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