Re: [entity-resolution] SYSTEM identifier use case

["Lauren Wood" <lauren@textuality.com>]

On 13 Jan 2004 Anthony B. Coates wrote:

> ** Reply to message from "Lauren Wood" <lauren@textuality.com> on Fri, 09 Jan
> 2004 10:00:56 -0800
> 
> > Norm implemented an extension to his resolver which does what I want -
> >  <ext:systemSuffix suffix="gcapaper.dtd" uri="../dtd/gcapaper.dtd"/>
> > but of course it isn't widely implemented.
> > 
> > Is this a use case that other people also think is worth covering in 
> > the spec?
> 
> My only issue with this is that it seems a bit reactive.  If suffix matching is
> useful, and of course it is in practice, what other types of matching might be
> useful?  I guess the question that comes to mind is whether the spec should
> just go all the way and support general regular expression matching.  I would
> rather not just keep adding little bits and pieces in as we discover them.  If
> someone can make a case that suffix matching *really is* the last thing needed,
> then OK.  Otherwise, we should try and be a bit predictive about what other
> useful cases we might not yet have covered.

Well, I haven't yet needed a general regex (which I suspect is harder 
to implement than the "match from the back" that I'm proposing) - has 
anyone else come across a use case for it?

Lauren