namespaces bad topic for uf mailing lists reminder (was Re: [uf-new] Namespace anti-pattern and hAudio TITLE (was: hAudio FN or Title))

[Christopher St John]

On Feb 4, 2008 5:08 PM, Tantek Çelik <tantek at cs.stanford.edu> wrote:
> On 2/4/08 1:25 PM, "Martin McEvoy" <info at weborganics.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Actually, I've found it quite useful. Manu has brought up several points
> > that I've been concerned about. I've almost chimed in a couple of times
> > but Manu has beaten me to it and I've been reluctant to just post "me
> > too" :-)
> >
> > Just because one person doesn't find a long and interesting thread
> > productive doesn't mean it isn't productive for others.
>
> That may be true, however, we decided long ago, that this wasn't a good
> forum for having such discussions about namespaces - there are other forums
> where you may find more others that find long discussions about namespaces
> interesting.
>
> http://microformats.org/wiki/mailing-lists#bad-topic-namespaces
>

(Much of) the discussion isn't about that kind of namespaces. It's
about trying to clarify how the word used on the Wiki (in a very
specific sense) has a more broadly accepted meaning that differs
in important ways.

The fact that "no namespaces" dogma makes little sense to people
familiar with the general meaning suggests that clarification is
important. Manu's post with references to the various meanings is
probably something that should go up on the wiki. It's a productive
contribution to the issue and a demonstration that dogmas should
occasionally be pulled out from their glass case and given a good
shaking.

-cks

-- 
Christopher St. John
http://artofsystems.blogspot.com