Re: [xml-dev] There is a meaning, but it's not in the data alone

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John Cowan <>
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Mike Champion <>
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2002-01-29T19:02:27Z
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Re: [xml-dev] There is a meaning, but it's not in the data alone
Mike Champion wrote:


> I'm not clear on how AFs handle the problem that namespaces address.  


The idea is that there is no need to have globally unique names,
because AFs explain how to map *your* locally unique names to
*my* locally unique names.

Globally unique names are now a fact of life, however; in a sense,
the battle was won when the domainists beat the bangists.
Part of my AF:NG effort is to allow mappings between my names
and your names, whether or not they are globally unique.

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