Re: What John thinks: public id to URN mapping

[Tony Coates <Tony.Coates@reuters.com>]

On 04/05/2001 16:01:09 John Cowan wrote:

>Encode *every* "::" sequence as ";", even if the public id is
>not an FPI.

Norm suggested this too, but I would like to suggest "," (comma) instead.  Why?
Colon are Unix separators, semi-colons are Windows separators, and if you mix
both in an expression, you are likely to confuse one group or other with the
precedence.  I think both groups would see the comma as a lower-order separator.
I mean, the erudite among us won't be confused either way, but I like to worry
about the great unwashed as well.

     Cheers,
          Tony.
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Anthony B. Coates
Leader of XML Architecture & Design
Chief Technology Office
Reuters Plc, London.
tony.coates@reuters.com
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