Re: [topicmaps-comment] Re: [topicmapmail] XML Schema for XTM DTD

[Lars Marius Garshol <larsga@garshol.priv.no>]

* Robert Barta
|
| But I agree with Lars that you should trick to stick to the TM
| paradigm as long as possible.

* Patrick Durusau
|
| For ease in going from one XTM implementation to another, the value
| of following the XTM syntax cannot be doubted.
| 
| However, it should be noted that: XTM syntax != TM paradigm. (You
| can check ISO 13250 if you are curious about other syntaxes for
| topic maps.)

You missed Robert's point, I'm afraid. He was saying that whatever you
wanted to attach an attribute to the <instanceOf> element to express
would be better expressed using topics, associations, and occurrences.

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