Re: [xml-dev] 'is-a' Relationships in XML?

[Stephen Green <stephengreenubl@gmail.com>]

Yes, absolutely. So the markup shares many of the properties of prose,
such as it can be true or false or misunderstood and in need of clarification.

Steve
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Stephen D Green




On 4 May 2010 10:00, Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> wrote:
>> But clearly the markup can need more explanation via semantic
>> definitions or specifications than would be needed by
>> straight prose statements. E.g. I can lie by stating that I
>> own Buckingham Palace. That implies Stephen D Green owns
>> Buckingham Palace and this is not true.
>
> There's a big mental leap here. Defining the semantics of a fragment like
>
> <person name="SG">
>  <owns-property name="Buckingham Palace"/>
> </person>
>
> tells you how to interpret this fragment as an assertion about things in the
> real world; this has very little bearing on whether the assertion is true or
> false. XBRL tells you how to submit your company accounts, and it tells me
> how to read them; but it doesn't stop those accounts being a fabrication.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
> http://twitter.com/michaelhkay
>
>
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