Re: Ownership of Names (was Re: Public identifiers and topic maps)

John Cowan (cowan@locke.ccil.org)
Tue, 29 Sep 1998 11:51:56 -0400


Michael Kay wrote:

> **There is no global namespace**

Maybe not. But the set of namespaces had better be strongly
connected, or we're going to have trouble referring from over
*here* to over *there*.

(What would a namespace not strongly connected to the rest
be like? Sort of like colors of the ultraviolet?)

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	You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
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