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

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

Well, I think I may have to start tying my shoes with the left hand 
leading, anyway.

I will think about all you guys have suggested for a while before
answering.

Thanks
Peter 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Carlisle [mailto:davidc@nag.co.uk] 
> Sent: July 3, 2012 12:36
> To: Rushforth, Peter
> Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] "Introducing MicroXML, Part 1: Explore 
> the basic principles of MicroXML"
> 
> On 03/07/2012 17:27, Rushforth, Peter wrote:
> > HTML has had links implemented for more than a couple of 
> decades, we 
> > should respect that experience.
> 
> Yes exactly, the experience shows that links don't need to be 
> (and probably shouldn't be) implemented in the underlying 
> generic markup (SGML or XML) but can be dealt with 
> effectively by application specific markup (html href and src 
> attributes).
> 
> The one recent attempt to put linking into the generic markup 
> (xlink) failed because the application specific markup was 
> more convenient and more appropriate for any application that 
> needed linking.
> 
> Somehow you are reading the same history differently, but I'm 
> not sure why?
> 
> David
> 
> 
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