On 4/9/13 7:33 PM, Uche Ogbuji wrote:
> Publishing a schema (for a reasonable definition of "schema" that
> generally doesn't involve such silly things as int vs long type
> assertions) in association with a marked-up text is crucial to extending
> its longevity of interpretation. We're already losing a tremendous
> number of digital materials from the early days of digital media because
> the publishers were not conscious of this, and as the original engineers
> are lost to circumstances of the hereafter.
I really like the image this gives me of schemas as headstones on
graves, identifying what lies beneath...
Though it also reminds me of a newspaper digitizing project I need to
get moving soon.
Thanks,
--
Simon St.Laurent
http://simonstl.com/
