Re: [xml-dev] Here's a good question

[Frank Boumphrey <bckman@ix.netcom.com>]

Actually I think the DOM is one of the more successful XML spinoffs. I  use
it every day in my work!

Just for fun here is a compilation of  how often I use a W3C spec in my day
to day  paid (as opposed to academic or writing articles) work.

xhtml (or HTML)100%
 DOM 100%
 CSS 100%
 DTD's 98%
Xpath 95% (if you include #...)
XSLT 70%
RDF 40%
Xpath 25% (if you exclude #...)
SAX 20% (Ok sorry David M, I know it's not W3C)
XML Schemas (< 1%)

I would love to use SVG but the servers I use do not support it. If they did
then the figure would probably be 80% ( I do a lot of graphical analysis)

Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Bradford" <bradford@dbxmlgroup.com>
To: <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 2:19 PM
Subject: [xml-dev] Here's a good question


> Why does the DOM suck so badly?  I'll leave the many reasons for the
> question to your imagination and cumulative experience.
>
> Is it all Mike Champion's fault? :)
>
> --Tom
>
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