On 14/02/2021 22:00, Liam R. E. Quin wrote:
> On Sun, 2021-02-14 at 16:13 -0500, Ihe Onwuka wrote:
>> "Finally, I have seen in evidence a report from one of the
>> original authors of XML, Mr Liam Quinn, dated 22 June 2016 in which
>> he acknowledges that the XML Schema developed by the Claimants uses
>> proprietary elements and attributes developed by them, which he
>> describes as specific to the IDEA System."
>>
>> Does anyone know this guy ;)
>
> Nor i, although there was a Liam Quinn (note spelling) in Toronto who
> ran a popular site called htmlhelp when he was in high school, which is
> why i used Liam R E Quin (note spelling) when i was at W3C.
>
> On the relational algebra question - i think "database" is a very
> loosely applied term and courts have no business going anywhere near
> it, but i accept that sometimes they need to.
In this case, I think the applicable term is that the judge "misdirected
herself".
An XSD being a "literary work" is a novel departure. I look forward to
settling down with their next one for a good read.
P
