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> > What you can't do, and I don't think you ever will be able to do, is
> > have somebody ship you a random XML document and have your system
> > automatically recognize it as (for example) an invoice,
> then enter the
> > contents of the document into your invoice system. It just
> won't happen
> > without human interaction.
>
> That's what I wanted you to write :). 'The No Silver-Bullet
> Manifesto'. This
> should be written in every book about XML, and printed on the
> forehead of
> marketing people. This would help the XML hype cool down before it
> backlashes.
Hi Nicolas
That is a truly great idea. It would put XML back on track to be a very nice stadndard for marking up data and documents, and help XML survive the hype, and being viewed as something real, and actually usefull.
JJ
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