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Subject: Re: [entity-resolution] Re: uri vs. system confusion
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 / Mark Johnson <mrj@debian.org> was heard to say: | A few minutes ago I took it upon myself to re-read the XML Catalog spec, and | now realize that everything Paul & John have said regarding system vs. uri | usage is already spelled out quite clearly in the document. Good. | However, I don't believe I would've fully understood the distinction between | uri-based elements and system-based elements if I hadn't initiated this | discussion. Do you have specific suggestions for how the spec could be improved? | The first two sentences in section 4.1 and in 4.2 are quite clear -- once | one understands the details, e.g. the distinction between 'external | identifiers' (in the technical sense) and 'other URI references'. | | Sure enough, it's all in there. Right. I've just looked at those sections again and I can't think of any way to make them clearer. At the end of the day, I think this needs to be a specification, not a tutorial. | Regarding the ongoing argument concerning the addition of system-based | elements, perhaps all that's needed is the addition of some explanatory text | that makes clear the distinction between external identifiers and 'other URI | references'. (Along with some clarifying examples, of course.) I don't know how to make it clearer. | Keep in mind that the lead-in sentences to section 4.1 may not be effective | at conveying this distinction to the average reader... What's the "average" reader of the spec, I wonder? Perhaps we need a "catalog tutorial"? Be seeing you, norm - -- Norman.Walsh@Sun.COM | Talk as if you were making your will: the XML Standards Architect | fewer the words the less the Web Tech. and Standards | litigation.--Gracián Sun Microsystems, Inc. | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.7 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iD8DBQE+UTYWOyltUcwYWjsRAiWMAKCFviysrIeQBI/rZ5K3G8kAk9T9AQCfcMT9 T7E7yAMjAIL4ZK7HDgD9ZYQ= =4TTh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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