--On 1/3/00 4:15 PM +0100 Thomas Baker wrote:
> So I completely agree that DCMES must deal with syntax, but not in the
> Core (the dictionary that defines words about whose definitions we can
> vote). Rather, they belong in a style guide that shows how to use
> words with syntax in standard and understandable ways to say what you
> need to say. So the "semantics" of Affiliation belong in the Agent
> Core, and structured values that use Affiliation need to be explained
> and contextualized in a different sort of document -- not presented in
> the Core as if they were word-like entities.
Tom, I don't understand this. Affiliation, for exmaple, has
_nothing_ to do with syntax. It is, like the rest, a qualifier.
It qualifies some core element. There is no syntax implied.
Cheers...Renato <http://purl.net/net/renato>
Principal Research Scientist, DSTC <http://www.dstc.edu.au>
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