Edward O'Connor wrote: > Manu wrote: > >> Does it? If 'country-name' isn't namespaced, then we could get rid of >> country and 'name' by itself would have an unambiguous meaning. > > I think you're missing the distinction between 'namespace' and > 'context', like Tantek suggested.
I assure you, I am not missing the distinction. I have quoted the definitions in the literature to back up what I'm asserting. Please read the namespace-inconsistency-issue page before making statements to that effect (I have updated it to reflect your comments): http://microformats.org/wiki/namespaces-inconsistency-issue All definitions are clearly cited - note that nobody else is citing definitions to what "namespace" means in this discussion. If you would like to cite some examples that support your viewpoint, that would be great. :) > Basically, you're stating the reductio > for your own position -- you're basically saying that all adjectives are > namespaces, and that's clearly incorrect. This is what I'm saying: context/scope provide "an enclosing structure that provides semantic meaning to the elements that it encloses."[1] When you name a context/scope, it is called a namespace.[2] > *Of course* 'country' has semantic meaning. It's an adjective that > provides context for 'name'. But context does not a namespace make... No, but a named context is a namespace. It's right there in your first semester programming languages text book (which I've cited several of them on the namespaces-inconsistency-issue page). >> 'country' is a namespace that gives scope to the following 'name' by >> specifying that we are talking about a 'country name' and not a >> 'person name'. > > No, country does that because of its adjective-ness, not its > namespace-ness. In this case, they're the same thing. In general, I would go as far to say that adjectives and adverbs, by definition, are namespaces because they provide finer context for the subject that they describe AND they are named. A named context is... a namespace. -- manu [1]http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=context [2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scope_%28programming%29 _______________________________________________ microformats-new mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-new
