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Subject: RE: [xtm-wg] New language.xtm and country.xtm proposals
Hello all, now for something completely different -- and for the purpose of getting away from personal animosities, wounded egos, and the like -- I'd like to raise a point about the applicational or implementational suitability of these two topic maps. Maybe this is not a big deal, but I'd be happy to read some of your thoughts. Lars Marius frequently uses <subjectIndicatorRef>'s whose xlink:href actually resolve to a <topic> element and *could* therefore also be replaced by <topicRef>'s (at least the spec says so, para 3.2.1). Now I'm fully aware that that's not a requirement and that without question, the <subjectIndicatorRef> element is syntactically fine. In my humble opinion, though, using a <subjectIndicatorRef> when when one could also use a <topicRef> is a questionable practice. In a nutshell, how is an application supposed to be able to discern what actually points to a <topic> (and can therefore be resolved, a <baseName> in the user's favorite <scope> can be selected, and a #display variant displayed, for example), and what doesn't (and in fact, may not even point to an XML node)? Does anyone agree with me that it's *desirable* to use a <topicRef> for this purpose where you can, and resort to a <subjectIndicatorRef> if you must? Or am I completely out to lunch? That being said, I'd like to voice a personal opinion about the discussion and approval process of country.xtm and language.xtm. Firstly, it's good to see that there's some progress. Secondly, I'm not personally acquainted with either of the two gladiators involved, and I firmly believe that whatever selection is eventually made, it had best not be influenced by any particular person's authorship. IMHO, what should be selected should be the best available. And then of course there's the option of calmly sitting down and comparing the two versions, and maybe creating a third one that combines the advantages of both... Ceterum censeo: Now I'm happy to accept any flames. :-) Take care -- Florian ---------------------------------------------- Florian G. Haas FHS Informationsberufe, Eisenstadt, Austria http://info.fh-eisenstadt.ac.at/haasf/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Small business owners... Tell us what you think! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vO1FAB/txzCAA/ySSFAA/2U_rlB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To Post a message, send it to: xtm-wg@yahooGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: xtm-wg-unsubscribe@yahooGroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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