Re: [xml-dev] markup humility
We expect Joe Public to be vague about technical terms (calling every cold a "flu" for example) but experts who do it are, what, pushing some dismissive/co-optive agenda? Indeed, it is the "tell" of an expert that they err on the side of precision for technical terminology.
Of course, a usage that people may understand on rdf-dev maillist may seem incorrect and unhelpful on xml-dev. If I joined a discussion group of anatomy professors, and insisted on using "duodenum" to mean the whole gastro-intestinal tract (because everyone knows that an upset stomach includes diasters lower down), and that the anatomists were wrong for having this strangely limited and non-holistic view, should it be regarded as helpful-to-communication or ...umm.. eccentric?
Cheers
Rick
On Wed, 23 Feb. 2022, 19:02 Dan Brickley, <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, 22 Feb 2022 at 21:05, Rick Jelliffe <[email protected]> wrote:"Of course, saying XML I mean XML technology, of which XML syntax and even any concrete XML documents and even their purpose and intent (realistic or not) are but a marginal aspec"Why not make up your own term, rather than using one thst not only has a simple, clear and defined meaning, but is actually a standard?Didn’t that ship - the SS Infoset - sail a while ago?Danps. RDF === Reality Distortion Field; all distortions are wrong, but some are useful