Re: [xml-dev] RE: James Clark: XML versus the Web

[Ben Trafford <ben@prodigal.ca>]

On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 23:35 +0000, Michael Kay wrote: 
> The problem is the failure to distinguish a "relationship" in the 
> information model from a "hyperlink" as a way of presenting that 
> information in the presentation space. XLink/XPointer have always been 
> completely confused about the model/view distinction. XML doesn't need 
> hyperlinking functionality; it needs improved modelling of relationships.

At the time, there was no way to separate the model from the view -- the
concept of datatyping a schema simply didn't exist. Believe me, it's
what everyone wanted.

That said, there's no reason the substantive work done in XLink/XPointer
can't be re-used to represent a better relationship modelling, with the
presentation portions broken out to where they belong.

--->Ben