2/1/2002 3:14:35 PM, John Cowan <> wrote:
>I agree, except that I'd rather see it one step meta, as
I'm reminded Joshua Allen's recent warning:
"I think computer people are the worst in the world for always going
meta. Even when we have a clear problem to solve (like, implement an
accounting system), we always try to attack the meta problem and the
meta-meta problems first. "
http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200201/msg01929.html
Sometimes we should Just Do It and let the abstractions sort
themselves out in the fullness of time. xml:id strikes me as one of
those things.
