RE: [xri] Issue 1: Clarifying * Semantics

["Loren West" <loren.west@epok.net>]

Now I'm confused.  Are you (or is anyone) suggesting we establish
syntactic equal footing of "*" and "/" for XRIs? 

You're right about most people not being confronted with these forms
of XRI.  That's fortunate because there are as many different opinions
on beauty as there are people on this list.

=Loren 

-----Original Message-----
From: Fen Labalme [mailto:fen@idcommons.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 11:43 PM
To: Dave McAlpin
Cc: xri@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [xri] Issue 1: Clarifying * Semantics


That's not how I read it.  Drummond seemed to conclude that 'establishing
the 
  syntactic "equal footing" of * and / for the purpose of enabling the 
expression  of peer-to-peer linking vs. hierarchical relationships' was not 
only possible but useful and desirable.

And while I agree with Victor (and everyone) that :3*:4 is ugly, the beauty
is 
in the clarity of purpose.  In the persistent e-number above, it is clear
that 
:3 is a persistent e-number that is delegating to :4.  And as beauty is in
the 
eye of the beholder, we are fortunate that only in very rare circumstances 
will people find themselves confronted with such an XRI.

Fen


Dave McAlpin wrote:
> I could be mistaken, but I thought Drummond concluded by the end of that 
> thread that making star and slash equivalent separators wasn't feasible, 
> and that star was always a second level separator, subordinate to slash.
>  
> Dave
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Victor Grey [mailto:victor@idcommons.org]
> *Sent:* Thu 7/8/2004 1:17 AM
> *To:* xri@lists.oasis-open.org
> *Subject:* Re: [xri] Issue 1: Clarifying * Semantics
> 
> Wachob, Gabe wrote:
>  > As to whether this is an aesthetic-only change, I'll let the initial 
>  > proponents of this proposal speak up. I think its largely aesthetic
> 
> I don't think anyone is claiming it's an aesthetic change. Au 
> contraire, it's somewhat uglier. In my mind the crucial point is the 
> philosophical/worldview imperative that Drummond wrote about on 6/11 
> (quoted below) - the need to highlight the distinction between a 
> hierarchical relationship and a peer relationship.
> 
> -Victor Grey

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