Musing over Namespaces

[Eiland, David]

	While the conversation has primarily focused on the Company
(Organization) level, it is my experience working with the Fortune 500 that
the same name is often used differently between departments/functions.  Then
considering buying/selling of other divisions/companies that periodically
occurs, the Namespace mechanism must be fluid.

	Dave




	Len Bullard <cbullard at hiwaay.net>
	12/15/99 07:09 PM
	To:	Tim Bray <tbray at textuality.com>@SMTP at Exchange
	cc:	"Clark C. Evans"
<clark.evans at manhattanproject.com>@SMTP at Exchange, David Megginson
<david at megginson.com>@SMTP at Exchange, xml-dev at ic.ac.uk@SMTP at Exchange 
	Subject:	Re: Musing over Namespaces

	Tim Bray wrote:
	> 
	> At 11:04 AM 12/14/99 -0500, Clark C. Evans wrote:
	> >It'd still be nice to have a single database with
	> >everyone's namespace definitions in one place though...
	> >perhaps even a DTD to help describe them.  I'm sure
	> >there are organizations doing this... are there?
	> 
	> Yes, lots.  That's the problem. -Tim

	No Tim, that's the answer.  Common goals achieved by 
	common means, not common control.  Put the definitions in 
	place by performance, not uberNamespace.  It has to 
	breathe, my friends, like a good well performed piece 
	of music, it has to breathe.

	The standards wonks really need to study management 
	and contract negotiation.  OASIS and BIZTALK are 
	the absolute wrong way to do this.  This means a 
	marvelous lucrative opportunity is sitting there being 
	ignored.  Someone or some company will get rich 
	off this if they go to these companies and demonstrate 
	the right way to do this.

	len



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