Re: Model terminology issue

"Joel M. Halpern" <joel@stevecrocker.com> Thu, 23 August 2007 12:38 UTC

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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:38:14 -0400
From: "Joel M. Halpern" <joel@stevecrocker.com>
Subject: Re: Model terminology issue
Comments: To: Patrick Droz <dro@zurich.ibm.com>
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I am happy to undertake to make this change.
Joel

At 07:02 AM 8/23/2007, Patrick Droz wrote:
>here is an extract of the minutes from the last IETF:
>
>On the model draft the main issue is the use of the term element and
>attributes. The problem is that these terms have meanings in XML. We
>should not overload these terms. The input came from Tom Petch on the
>mailing list. So we think we have to change all the references to both
>of these components. This will also require some fixes to the protocol
>draft. It is up to the chairs to make the call on that one. Both of the
>drafts are supposed to be done in the very near future.
>
>As the active chair I ask this change to be made in order not to get
>in trouble with XML experts. Joel would you mind doing it?
>
>Thanks,
>Patrick
>
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