Re: RE dtd2.html

Dave_Raggett <dsr@hplb.hpl.hp.com>

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From: Dave_Raggett <dsr@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
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Subject: Re: RE dtd2.html
To: dale@ora.com
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 93 15:15:01 BST
Cc: terry@ora.com, www-talk@nxoc01.cern.ch, timbl@nxoc01.cern.ch
Mailer: Elm [revision: 66.36.1.1]

> I agree that flyleaf sounds like a bad idea.  In fact,
> Dave's navigational steps that lead to choosing a book
> in a bookstore is not a good guide to describing the
> logical structure of the information.  As Tim says,
> Summary or Abstract describes adequately what the information
> means; how it used or arranged are aspects of application,
> whether defined in the app interface, style sheet or user's
> navigational actions. 

Thanks for the comments everyone. I am now considering how
to represent the structure in a more abstract manner using
attributes to carry has-part, has-property information.
This would allow generic markup to support evolving structures
for books, magazines and cyber-docs!

Thanks in particular to Tim for pointing me in this direction.
I hope to come back with some more details soon.

Best wishes,

Dave Raggett