Re: Question

[Andrew Pam <xanni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 11:08:03AM -0500, CyberSpace Industries 2000 Inc. wrote:
> I have a current interest in XLINK implementations - esp. the extended links
> where the link info is stored in a named collection external from the
> underlying documents... I make the case that this is a possible
> implementation ov Vannevar Bush's description of named trails in "As We May
> Think". (I call these Vannevar Trails (VT's))
> 
> I also thought XLINK might be of interest to T Nelson in that the tagging is
> external to the underlying documents (although admittedly still relies on
> internal tagging in the referenced documents) - based on "Embedded Tags
> Considered Harmful".

Welcome!

That's no coincidence; Ted was consulted by the XLINK working group, who
were certainly aware of both Bush and Nelson's work.

Cheers,
	Andrew
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