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Subject: Re: [relax-ng] annotations
Michael Fitzgerald scripsit: > > I think annotations are a necessity and that they should be distinctive. I > have tried to come up with alternatives to our current compact syntax, but I > just succeeded in convincing myself that what we have is fine. I agree that the current syntax is as good as we're going to get. I still think that annotations corrupt the compact syntax, because they have to do with how the syntax is translated, not what it means. Without annotations, a translator is free to do whatever it wants in translating the syntax (e.g. it can rearrange definitions, or preprocess include and external, or whatever), _salva veritate_ (that is, as long as the same class of documents is recognized). With annotations, translation is far more restrictive. -- Not to perambulate || John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> the corridors || http://www.reutershealth.com during the hours of repose || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan in the boots of ascension. \\ Sign in Austrian ski-resort hotel
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