... That would be great. ... > > ... the < ... > > ... really ... You don't need to mark up the element. If you don't want a distinction, then you should...
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Michael Champion
Mike.Champion@...
Oct 1, 2000 3:27 pm
We've discussed submitting the Common XML document to the W3C to be published as a Note. Here's the details on how one goes about making a Submission Request...
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Bob La Quey
robertl1@...
Oct 1, 2000 3:40 pm
... Thanks, I think you are right. I'd like to get back to this though when I have the time and look at simple syntax for RDF. Maybe the syntax is OK if we...
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Bob La Quey
robertl1@...
Oct 1, 2000 3:50 pm
Hi Mike, Often in battles there are acts of courage that go unnoticed. I do appreciate your principled and courageous stand on this. <quote> Also, submissions...
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Don Park
donpark@...
Oct 3, 2000 12:17 am
Attributes vs. Element is syntax issue in MinML since MinML model does not distinguish the two. Mixed content model, however, is indeed a model issue. Don...
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Don Park
donpark@...
Oct 3, 2000 12:19 am
I liked both of Sergey Melnik's work. Did W3C make any comments regarding them? All I know is that TimBL made some negative comments regarding RDF. Don...
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Paul Tchistopolskii
pault12@...
Oct 3, 2000 1:33 am
... From: Don Park <donpark@...> ... Attributes are unique. This is model issue, I think. Rgds.Paul....
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Paul Tchistopolskii
pault12@...
Oct 3, 2000 1:38 am
... From: Don Park <donpark@...> ... I can not say I like it. From the page: "RDF follows a property-centric approach. Let the syntax reflect it." ...
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Don Park
donpark@...
Oct 3, 2000 1:44 am
... One can think of attributes as arrays with first entry (index 0) as the default value. When converted to attribute-friendly syntax, remaining entries are...
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Paul Tchistopolskii
pault12@...
Oct 3, 2000 2:35 am
... I don't understand what it buys. The good thing about properties is that the only thing needed is a hashtable ... well ... almost ... In the universe of...
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Oren Ben-Kiki
orenbk@...
Oct 3, 2000 8:42 am
... ;-) ... structure, Nice summary. ... I think we have the following options: - Inconvenient mapping, simple API, simple XML syntax (MinXML). - Convenient...
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Bob La Quey
robertl1@...
Oct 3, 2000 3:33 pm
... No Paul, You are just being stuck in your thinking. Here is what Sergey is saying. RDF (as shown is the previous examples) is really nothing more than a...
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Paul Tchistopolskii
pault12@...
Oct 3, 2000 10:20 pm
... it." ... Maybe. I'l try to explain. ;-) ... 1. Elements are longer to type. ;-) 2. Elements are harder to process with standard XML API's ( SAX ...
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Paul Tchistopolskii
pault12@...
Oct 3, 2000 10:28 pm
Oren - you are reading my fuzzy feelings and then you produced the accurate conclusion. Rgds.Paul. PS. I think maybe we've made a mistake killing YML. PPS....
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Simon St.Laurent
simonstl@...
Oct 5, 2000 3:01 pm
... I'm pushing people toward Common XML core as a foundation: http://www.simonstl.com/articles/cxmlspec.txt (Okay, all right, I edited that document, with...
3619
Clark C. Evans
cce@...
Oct 10, 2000 7:51 pm
... Same here. ... What is important: The information model can (without too much distortion) handle the XML information model. Making our own "native-mode" ...
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Paul Tchistopolskii
pault12@...
Oct 11, 2000 3:17 am
... From: Clark C. Evans <cce@...> Long time ;-) Nice to hear from you. ... So let us agree with David Megginson who regards XML as IP layer ;-) (...
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Don Park
donpark@...
Oct 11, 2000 8:15 am
... MinML doesn't prevent 'layering39; mapping concept on top of it. I have not found 'map' concept to be very useful though in my applications. Best, Don...
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Oren Ben-Kiki
orenbk@...
Oct 11, 2000 8:20 am
... Sort of. You do encounter problems having both a map and a content for an element. ... That's a bit strange; don't you ever need something like...
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Stefan Haustein
haustein@...
Oct 11, 2000 10:13 am
... If you are searching for a pull based common XML parser, take a look at http://www.kxml.de Best, Stefan -- Stefan Haustein Univ. Dortmund, FB 4, LS 8...
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Clark C. Evans
cce@...
Oct 11, 2000 1:19 pm
... Of course we could represent such a structure using the MinML syntax, however, MinXML itself is, IMHO, too weak. ... This might be going off the deep end,...
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Clark C. Evans
cce@...
Oct 11, 2000 1:25 pm
... Nice; a dramatic improvement over SAX. Perhaps we should spend some time reviewing what you have done. Stefan could you summarize your approach for us? I...
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Stefan Haustein
haustein@...
Oct 11, 2000 1:32 pm
... Couldn't you use call-by-reference in C instead of returning event objects? Best, Stefan -- Stefan Haustein Univ. Dortmund, FB 4, LS 8 tel: +49 231 755...
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Clark C. Evans
cce@...
Oct 11, 2000 1:43 pm
... Are you suggesting a COM like interface? (and using the counted pointer pattern?) This shifts the burden of memory administration onto the information...
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Mike.Champion@...
Oct 11, 2000 2:04 pm
All the things we foretold a year ago are coming to pass ... the complexity of the XML family of specs is overwhelming the consumers of it (see the trade press...
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Stefan Haustein
haustein@...
Oct 11, 2000 2:07 pm
... I was suggesting using something like int kxml_peek_type (); int kxml_read_text (char* user_buffer, int max_size); but for start-tags that would become...
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Stefan Haustein
haustein@...
Oct 11, 2000 3:02 pm
... thanks :-) ... Well, the main difference to push parsers is that you can ask for the next parse event when-/whereever you want. There is no need to...
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Paul Tchistopolskii
pault12@...
Oct 11, 2000 3:39 pm
... From: Stefan Haustein <haustein@...> ... ... to do that I need to provide parser with the knowledge of the schema. Yeah, with the...
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Clark C. Evans
cce@...
Oct 11, 2000 3:54 pm
... Well, something like Stefan's parser interface is *exactly* what we should have had a few years back -- It's a quick win -- what do you all say that we...
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Stefan Haustein
haustein@...
Oct 11, 2000 4:27 pm
... No problem, it's LGPLed anyway... Best, Stefan -- Stefan Haustein Univ. Dortmund, FB 4, LS 8 tel: +49 231 755 2499 Baroper Str. 301 fax: +49...