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xmlmaster@hotmail.com (Wayne Steele) writes:
>Please calm down, Simon.
I'm actually feeling quite calm, thanks.
>I believe this is a simple misunderstanding. "Business", as in
>"Business Rules" and "Business Partners", does not refer to commerce
>any more than the phrase "MYOB" does.
>
>Please see the first definition at
> http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict?Query=business
Sure, but "business partners" is quite definitely marketing-speak to me,
the kind of junk I get in press releases every four hours or so. Given
that I consistently incinerate press releases that use phrases like
that, I'm not inclined to see that language infiltrate supposedly
technical discussion.
So far as I can tell, XML itself is about information and communication,
not business. It certainly has business applications in whatever sense
you choose to use the word, but I see no reason to use "business" with
its multiple connotations when there are alternatives that are both more
accurate and more inclusive.
XML 1.1 in particular seems to value inclusion...
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Simon St.Laurent - SSL is my TLA
http://simonstl.com may be my URI
http://monasticxml.org may be my ascetic URI
urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.6320 is another possibility altogether
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