Re: [xml-dev] Partyin' like it's 1999

On Oct 28, 2004, at 7:38 AM, Elliotte Harold wrote:

> Sergio J. Rodriguez M. wrote:
>
>> If Namespaces are in fact a disaster, then why is widely used in any 
>> XML Vocabulary, like RDF or OWL?
>
> Because we didn't know better six years ago. Some things you only 
> learn from brutal experience.

Inertia... big names pushing a flawed spec over the protestations of 
many. Once out, things snowballed.