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- From: Bob Kline <bkline@rksystems.com>
- To: Peter Murray-Rust <peter@ursus.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 09:52:35 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Peter Murray-Rust wrote:
> At 10:33 AM 4/3/00 -0400, Bob Kline wrote:
> >On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Peter Murray-Rust wrote:
> >
> >> [Eloquent plea for a definition of conformance ...]
> >
> >Peter:
> >
> >I'm afraid you'll find that an appreciation for the value of defining
> >conformance is not universally shared by the drivers of the XML bus.
>
> Ah, but XML-DEV does not suffer from bus-drivers. It is like a swarm
> of communal animals which takes many directions according to many
> driving forces. So I am confidently optimistic that something may
> come from this.
Very likely so, but it won't be a clearly defined standard (with
unambiguous criteria which can be used to identify conforming
implementations). Standards-creating bodies sometimes operate
successfully despite seemingly chaotic forces, but not because of them.
--
Bob Kline
mailto:bkline@rksystems.com
http://www.rksystems.com
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