On Sat, 24 Oct 1998 chip(_at_)perlsupport(_dot_)com wrote:
Since the XML people haven't figured this out yet, let's not discuss
the issue in terms of XML. Let's discuss it in terms of Perl
internals. And in those terms, this is really easy.
We begin with an adaptation of Kari Kin Tha's First Law of Metaphysics:
"Nothing unreal exists."
And thus formulate Chip's First Law of Metadata:
"No unreal content exists."
Laws by fiat are stupid. Drawing no conclusiions yet tempered by
experience is smart. Like water, be flexible, clear, and reflect reality.
Don't try to solve problems that are only imagined. Doubt is your friend.
Yet never allow doubt to delay action.
By fiat, whatever a programmer stores as content shall be searchable
and printable by default. It's all real.
I loudly declare: the highest, noble mood of a philosopher is humility.
