RE: [xml-dev] "Introducing MicroXML, Part 1: Explore the basicprinciples

["Rushforth, Peter" <Peter.Rushforth@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca>]

From the abstract:

"It is a goal to use the power of XML to create a structure that can describe the simple unidirectional hyperlinks of today's HTML as well as more sophisticated multi-ended, typed, self-describing links."

This seems to have two contradictory goals, really.  Simplicity, yet complexity.

I don't know, but what might The Rule of Least Power [1] say about the issue?  I would think it would be something like enabling XML with the most power by limiting the complexity of the approach, rather than using the full power of XML to "solve" the problem.

Peter

[1] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/leastPower.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Liam R E Quin [mailto:liam@w3.org] 
> Sent: July 3, 2012 02:04
> To: John Cowan
> Cc: David Carlisle; xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] "Introducing MicroXML, Part 1: Explore 
> the basic principles of MicroXML"
> 
> On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 01:18 -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> > Liam R E Quin scripsit:
> > 
> > > The right thing would have been to have taken the architectural 
> > > forms idea from HyTime and XMLified it, solving the additional 
> > > problem of "link discovery". That's with 20-20 hindsight.
> > 
> > The original version of XLink *was* AF-based.  See
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xml-link-970731 .
> 
> Yes, kinda (not using PIs) but in a very SGML/DTD way, not 
> surprisingly given when the work was being done (I was 
> actually on the WG for a while). Thanks for the reminder, I 
> had indeed forgotten that stage.
> 
> Liam
> 
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