> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:55:48 +0000
> From: Robert Sanderson <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > I'd like us to avoid allowing normative semantics to be modifiable
> > by extraDataRequest.
>
> I disagree on the grounds that it just doesn't concern us.
> ExtraData elements are the 5000+ private attributes which can mean
> anything in the privacy of your own profile.  If someone wants to
> return their favourite chocolate cookie recipe in the recordSchema
> field when they recieve a <rcp:chocolateCookie/> extra data field,
> then that doesn't bother me in the slightest, as I will never see it
> happen.

Agreed.  This reminds me of older versions of gcc that would exec
/usr/bin/rogue when they encountered a "#pragma" line.  Quite right,
too.

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