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   RE: [xml-dev] Still not the essence of XML (was Re: [xml-dev] S-express

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  • To: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>,<xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
  • Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Still not the essence of XML (was Re: [xml-dev] S-expressions vs. XML)
  • From: "Joshua Allen" <joshuaa@microsoft.com>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 11:53:25 -0800
  • Thread-index: AcK7EW457cU5ZPSWScKlgG1EjVC6SQAKxD1w
  • Thread-topic: [xml-dev] Still not the essence of XML (was Re: [xml-dev] S-expressions vs. XML)

> XML" and lead them far afield.  I have no concerns with them
exchanging
> whatever information they'd like using angle brackets, even if it
hurts
> them a bit, but I find their arrogance in calling this "the essence of
> XML" downright breathtaking.

I do think that dynamic typing and data model considerations are an
increasingly visible topic for people who use XML, and it is useful to
have some formal attention given to the subject.  But I understand your
point.  Perhaps it should have been called "The essence of dynamic
typing in XML"?  




 

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