Thus spoke Terry Allen (at least at 03:53 PM 11/29/96 -0800) >DC's emphasis on semantics aside from >syntax is a great virtue, and "subelement" reeks of SGML. "Qualifier" >is nicely neutral among means of qualifying. Qualifier is fine by me. >How rich a syntax must be required to support DC? Are >qualifiers on qualifiers contemplated? (in SGML terms, are those >"subelements" elements or attributes?) We have not had qualifiers on qualifiers up to now, lets not extend the model any more. So, in SGML-ese, Qualifiers are attributes, not elements. Later, Ron Daniel Jr. email: [log in to unmask] Advanced Computing Lab voice: +1 505 665 0597 MS B287 fax: +1 505 665 4939 Los Alamos National Laboratory http://www.acl.lanl.gov/~rdaniel/ Los Alamos, NM, USA 87545 obscure_term: "hyponym"