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Subject: Re: Datatype/ID/IDREF "back to the basic" proposal

From: David RR Webber <Gnosis_@compuserve.com>
To: James Clark <jjc@thaiopensource.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 14:17:52 -0400

Message text written by James Clark
> 
Here are the reasons I prefer key/keyRef:

1. ID/IDREF is badly designed.  It mixes two things (datatyping and
cross-referencing) that are logically separate.  It suffers from highly
arbitrary restrictions, such as that ID/IDREFs are names.
<<<<<<<<<<<

James,

Excellent points and I like the simple and direct.
 
  <termref>some term</termref>
  ...
 <termdef term="some term">...</termdef>

Thanks, DW.