RE: [topicmaps-comment] RE: OASIS vs W3C

[Michel Biezunski <mb@infoloom.com>]

I agree with Sam. What remains are the fundamental
ideas. 

Michel

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lars Marius Garshol [mailto:larsga@garshol.priv.no]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 9:37 PM
> To: Sam Hunting
> Cc: topicmaps-comment@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [topicmaps-comment] RE: OASIS vs W3C
> 
> 
> 
> * Lars Marius Garshol
> |
> | I think this difference is mainly one of philosophical focus, and
> | without much impact on how XTM and RDF get used.
> 
> * Sam Hunting
> | 
> | On the contrary -- it is the philosophical issues that have the
> | deepest and most prolonged impact on usage, as the example of SGML
> | shows. 
> 
> They certainly can have, I just don't think they always do. Unless you
> can come up with some kind of explanation of what kind of impact they
> have in this situation I'll go on thinking this.
> 
> --Lars M.
> 
> 
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