[OT] Announcements (was RE: XMLLight - What do you think?)

[Leigh Dodds <ldodds@ingenta.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Ohl [mailto:Patrick.Ohl@o-h-l.de]
> Sent: 02 August 2001 11:03
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: Re: XMLLight - What do you think?

[...]

> Well, I just wrote my anwser to SUN's XML mailing list. But I have to
> admit that I think neither Announcements nor Cross-Postings are very
> apprechiated on XML-Dev.

Willful cross-posting always causes problems. However announcements 
on XML-DEV are not a problem, so long as they include a sufficient 
level of detail. Peter Murray Rust had the following to say on the 
matter:

"Please can announcements of commercial software include enough 
metadata (but not too much) to enable XML-DEVers to judge whether the 
link is worth exploring." [1]

"The primary criteria is that any announcements
(software/conferences/jobs/books etc.) be of general interest to the
XML-DEV community." [2]

[1]. http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200005/msg00165.html
[2]. http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200005/msg00176.html

Cheers,

L.


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