RE: [xml-dev] The truth about standards...

["Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@microsoft.com>]

I always assumed he meant standards are accepted by industry even before
the standards are cooked. For example, there are a number of vendors
that have either announced or shipped products based on XQuery even
though it hasn't even reached PR or CR status let alone being a done
deal (aka a W3C recommendation). 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Jelliffe [mailto:ricko@allette.com.au] 
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 5:10 PM
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
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> From: "Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@microsoft.com>
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> > One of the best articles about standards I've seen is the 
> one by James 
> > Gosling at
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> >  http://java.sun.com/people/jag/StandardsPhases/index.html
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> It would be interesting to know what he means by
> 
>     "Even worse, standards are getting accepted before they 
> are even written, 
>     which is a truly ridiculous situation. "
> 
> That one sounds like a load of crap, at least as far as any 
> of the standards processes I have seen.  I would say the 
> problem is special interests using standards bodies to block 
> standards that might expose them to liability or cost.
> 
> Cheers
> Rick Jelliffe
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