Re: [xml-dev] The triples datamodel -- was Re: [xml-dev] Semantic Web permathread, iteration n+1

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Re: [xml-dev] The triples datamodel -- was Re: [xml-dev] Semantic Web permathread, iteration n+1
Elliotte Rusty Harold scripsit:

> The fallacy here is that a document has some sort of processing 
> expectation, but this is simply not true in the heterogeneous world 
> of the Internet. The document is what it is, and will be processed 
> differently by different actors. I likely do not want to do the same 
> thing with the same document as you do, nor is it necessary that I do 
> so. The demand that we provide and adhere to schemas is often little 
> more than a demand that we process documents in only certain 
> preapproved ways. That is a fundamentally limited perspective. It may 
> work within one program or a small organization. However, it does not 
> scale to the needs of large organizations and groups of organizations 
> with different, unique objectives.

Walter Perry, are you listening?  Your Fichte has been found!

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