[osis-core] osisCore_Candiate_1.1_003 - 11 osisRef URLs
Harry Plantinga
osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
Mon, 26 Aug 2002 10:32:34 -0400
> The <a> element, on the other hand, carries only the notion that the
> surrounded text is a pointer to other material. The material
> pointed to
> may confirm, contradict, or expand, contract what is said in
> the text or
> may be completely irrelevant. The relationship between the
> content of an
> <a> element, without more in the markup, is just undefined.
>
> I don't see traversal as being the defintion
>
> Harry, does that capture the essence of what you were saying?
Um, well, I did have optional traversal as being part of the
definition. (We computer scientists like to consider algorithm
to be as fundamental to nature as semantics or laws -- or perhaps
moreso -- not something that always has to be avoided in
speaking of semantics. See Steven Wolfram's latest book, in
which he claims to re-do all of science in terms of algorithms
rather than laws, thereby achieving a deeper understanding.)
But no matter; I don't think a browser with hypertext links that
can't actually be traversed will get very far...
-Harry