Re: [xml-dev] Crystallization?

["Didier PH Martin" <martind@netfolder.com>]

Hi Uche,

Uche said:
> My own definition of successful XML is as follows:
>
> - Basically all that makes up Tim Bray's XML Skunkworks document
> - XPath 1.0
> - XSLT 1.0 + EXSLT
>
> There are other successful vocabularies built on this foundation, such as
SVG,
> but I'm mostly dwelling on the foundation.

Didier replies:
Yep. It seems that the Pareto principle can be applied here: 80% of the
useful functionality is given by 20% of the recommendations.

cheers
Didier PH Martin