[humanmarkup-comment] RE: New Base Schema Elements and Attributes -humlCommAtts

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

Title: RE: New Base Schema Elements and Attributes - humlCom

I changed the subject line so that this will be included in the correct thread, and yes I think a command is a type of statement, but I also now think that the whole concept of creating a cast of elements used as attributes is a non-issue. We do, however, want to change the attributes of the communication elements to the new global attribute if we think that is a desireable thing to do.

Ciao,

Rex

At 1:59 PM -0500 10/15/02, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:

> A command is an imperative statement,
> yes?
>  
> len
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rex Brooks [mailto:rexb@starbourne.com]
> > Okay for now, but if you could remember this when we take
> > up the new attributeGroup, I will still be bringing it up in its own
> > separate thread for the record. This thread is still on the strawman
> > toolkit, so if we could keep that straight, I would appreciate
> > it.
> >
> > However, I will also try to remember for the record that I
> > think command is a type of statement not the other way around. You can
> > have a statement that is not a command, but not a command that is not
> > also a statement, at least verbally. Consider something as simple as
> > "Do this," or "Don't do that." We might want to
> > defer to an expert on thist, if we can agree on one.
> >
> > Regardless, I'm still not convinced that these are
> > attributes. I think I would prefer them to be elements in their own
> > rights in the Secondary. I think we need to be very careful that we
> > don't paint ourselves into a corner with this. It's another one of
> > those things that could persuade the public that we are out of bounds
> > trying to classify things in ways that the wider communities do
> > not.
> >
> > But I will have to give it more thought myself. It won't
> > be long until we have the thread fired up. Our list of new elements is
> > short and we only have this one new attributeGroup.
> >

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