[tei-council] conformance draft

James Cummings James.Cummings at computing-services.oxford.ac.uk
Fri Mar 23 05:13:07 EST 2007


Conal Tuohy wrote:
> James Cummings wrote:
>> I recognise that 
>> it creates a barrier to use of the customisation mechanism.  
> That's perhaps true, in the first instance.
> However, it can also make customisation much easier.

I take that point, it will make merging micro-extensions easier.  Though, that
said, I still imagine having to deal with 20 namespaces all in one document
would be a 'barrier'.  (A not insurmountable one... but still a barrier.)

> In summary, the non-use of namespaces tends to make customisations
> non-reusable, and makes document interchange harder.

Good point.

-James

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