Re: Arcs
Patrick Durusau <patrick-Q/[email protected]>
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Murray, On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 15:36 +1300, Murray Altheim wrote: <snip> > It's kind of a boy thing to want to lay claim to semantic territories, > like planting a little flag on the moon, and I admit to having been > a boy in the past. Nowadays I'd rather the owners plant their own flags. > Then everyone can use those identifiers canonically, rather than demand > that people use *our* namespaces as wrappers for their semantics. That > would promote usage across all communities. > +1!!!! I would go a step further and suggest that owners already have their own flags. It is a question of semantic software recognizing owners' flags rather than training owners to use different flags. Solutions that rely on adapting people to software are deeply problematic. Hope you are having a great day! Patrick -- Patrick Durusau patrick-Q/[email protected] Chair, V1 - US TAG to JTC 1/SC 34 Convener, JTC 1/SC 34/WG 3 (Topic Maps) Editor, OpenDocument Format TC (OASIS), Project Editor ISO/IEC 26300 Co-Editor, ISO/IEC 13250-1, 13250-5 (Topic Maps) Another Word For It (blog): http://tm.durusau.net Homepage: http://www.durusau.net Twitter: patrickDurusau Newcomb Number: 1