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Subject: RE: grove plans (off-topic; was: Re: [xtm-wg] Does processing a T M yield one graph, or several?)
>but for now there just >isn't time to exploit it. i agree heartily. in fact i must thank you for forestalling hasty decisions and making it quite clear that we don't have time to do a proper job on this one without a great deal more thought. the 'let's get everything done really quickly' attitude can sometimes be too infectious in an enthusiastic team. P -----Original Message----- From: Sam Hunting [mailto:sam_hunting@yahoo.com] Sent: 09 November 2000 16:20 To: xtm-wg@egroups.com Subject: RE: grove plans (off-topic; was: Re: [xtm-wg] Does processing a T M yield one graph, or several?) [peter] > which other packaging mechanism did you have in mind? Here is what we decided in Swindon: <quote> By a narrow margin, it was provisionally decided that a topic map document may contain multiple distinct topic maps. Some applications, such as those that may need to interchange multiple topic maps for comparative analysis purposes, will find this feature convenient. Basically, this amounts to the addition of a wrapper document element type (perhaps called <xtmdoc>) whose only purpose is to contain one or more <topicmap> elements. </quote> Blinded by the spell-binding oratory of its advocates, I voted for this (provisional) proposal. I now believe that to specify the "interchange" of topic maps in any reasonable fashion will take resources and time we do not have -- unfortunate though this is. We've laid a solid groundwork for this effort, through your proposal, Peter, and Kal's, but for now there just isn't time to exploit it. S. ===== <?-- "To imagine a language is to imagine a form of life." - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations --> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ To Post a message, send it to: xtm-wg@eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: xtm-wg-unsubscribe@eGroups.com -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> Create your business web site your way now at Bigstep.com. It's the fast, easy way to get online, to promote your business, and to sell your products and services. Try Bigstep.com now. http://click.egroups.com/1/9183/1/_/337252/_/973788379/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> To Post a message, send it to: xtm-wg@eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: xtm-wg-unsubscribe@eGroups.com
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