Altova Mailing List Archives>Archive Index >xml-dev Archive Home >Recent entries >Thread Prev - RE: [xml-dev] Syntax versus Semantics (was: "vocabulary constraints" [Thread Next] Re: [xml-dev] Syntax versus Semantics (was: "vocabularyTo: rjelliffe@-------.---.-- Date: 3/2/2009 8:14:00 AM rjelliffe@a... wrote: > Is it 1998 again? > > http://mailman.ic.ac.uk/pipermail/xml-dev/1998-June/004487.html Hmm, perhaps its 1953-1956? http://www.chomsky.info/articles/195309--.pdf http://www.chomsky.info/articles/195503--.pdf And, do not forget pragmatics. http://www.trinity.edu/cbrown/language/distinctions.html > > > Computers only operate using symbols, therefore documents only contain > "syntax". The "semantics" is the metamodel behind the surface syntax, and > the alogrithms. > > So if you did want a definition of semantics, you might use the idea of > syntax and algorithms that applies to domain-specific metamodels rather > than semantics and syntax that applies either immediate "surface" syntax > (e.g. XPaths) or to generic metamodels (e.g. XSD components.) > > Cheers > Rick Jelliffe > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS > to support XML implementation and development. To minimize > spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. > > [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ > Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@l... > subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@l... > List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php > -- Carpe Diem! === Jonas Mellin, Assistant Professor in Computer Science School of Humanities and Informatics, Building E-2 University of Skövde, P.O. Box 408, SE-541 28 Skövde, Sweden Phone: +46 500 448321, Fax: +46 500 448399 PGP Public Key: http://www.his.se/PageFiles/19377/Jonas_Mellin.asc Email: jonas.mellin@h..., URL: http://www.his.se/melj, ----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK---- GCS d s a+ C++ UL++ US++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w++ O- M V-- PS- PE+ Y+ PGP t+ 5 X R* tv- b++ DI+ D+ G+ y++++ e++++ h--- r+++ ----END GEEK CODE BLOCK---- _______________________________________________________________________ XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS to support XML implementation and development. To minimize spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@l... subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@l... List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php | ||||||
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