Rick Hessman replies to my message:
>> Is there some technical reason that Rick's example can't become
>> "con:event.burst ucd:em.opt"? Let's try to avoid getting lost in
>> the semantic underbrush. Please tell me why we can't have
>> separate namespaces?
>
> The question then, is, whether something so XML-ish as namespaces
> will go over very well to those who just want their string. My
> guess is, NO.
Surely the idea of a "namespace" is broader than its usage in XML. I gather from Rick's reply that he himself doesn't see anything wrong with my extension of his example. Could some UCD doyen resolve our guessing? This isn't an XML question, it is a pure UCD usage question.
Rob Seaman
NOAO
Received on 2005-06-13Z19:58:09