Re: Clever idea for func:script (was xmlns:exslt)
Micah Dubinko <[email protected]>
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+1 on @type +1 on deprecating @language .micah --- Uche Ogbuji <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 09:42, Daniel Stodden wrote: > > > 3. > > > > there is a totally different approach which does not require > namespaces, > > but is build upon open standards and already has assignments for > many > > languages: use MIME types. that's how HTML4 does it. if this works > for > > HTML4, why should XSLT require a different approach? > > > > mime types by themselves do not solve the versioning problem > pointed out > > above, but then again: if there is such a problem and it never gets > > solved for MIME, would namespaces manage to solve it? probably not, > > because it is a coordination issue and not a technical one. > > This is very clever thinking. My only problem with this idea is that > I > didn't come up with it myself. :-) > > I personally would be all for replacing the specification for > func:script/@language to be an Internet media type, although I wonder > whether it should then be renamed func:script/@type, with @language > immediately deprecated. > > I also wonder how problematic this would be on deployed legacy. > > Thoughts, anyone? > > > -- > Uche Ogbuji Fourthought, Inc. > http://uche.ogbuji.net http://4Suite.org http://fourthought.com > A survey of XML standards - > http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-stand4/ > When to use elements versus attributes - > http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-eleatt.html > Introducing PyRXP - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/02/11/py-xml.html > XML in the financial services industry - > http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think22.html > Python Web services developer: The real world, Part 2 - > http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-pyth16/ > Keep your XML clean - http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=9012 > > _______________________________________________ > exslt mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.exslt.org/list > ===== Learn XForms today! http://xformsinstitute.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com