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Most people would tell you that XML.ORG has no say as to what others do
with its standards, and that is pure BS.
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Hmmm...interesting discourse. But I'm not sure what you mean when you
refer to "XML.org standards"; do you perhaps mean OASIS?
Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
todd glassey wrote:
>
> Is there an XML.ORG policy on allowing its non-standards documents to be
> referenced by any others body???
>
> Most people would tell you that XML.ORG has no say as to what others do with
> its standards, and that is pure BS. The actuality is that if XML.ORG was to
> publish a statement that its Intellectual Properties could not be referenced
> by other standards as part of their processes until they make standards
> status within XML.ORG - that this problem would not be happening.
>
> The people who will object to this will all have financial dependence on
> getting their products to market and that's why they have pushed the W3C
> into backing processes and declarations that have not yet reached maturity -
> This further says that W3C is politically motivated and is not a true
> standards body but one where commercial interests of the insiders are put
> ahead of the standards process -
>
> It doesn't matter whether you agree with the above or not - that one person
> says this publicly is all that it takes to invalidate the envelope of
> propriety around the W3C's operations and make the motivations behind all
> their efforts suspect. And considering what's what - this is a real issue I
> think.
>
> Todd Glassey
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
> To: <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:04 AM
> Subject: [xml-dev] XPointer goes to REC
>
> > I have just heard that the XPointer Framework and the element() and
> xmlns()
> > schemes have become W3C Recommendations. The xpointer() scheme is still
> > at WD stage.
> >
> > --
> > A poetical purist named Cowan [that's me:
> jcowan@reutershealth.com]
> > Once put the rest of us dowan. [on xml-dev]
> > "Your verse would be sweeter http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
> > If it only had metre http://www.reutershealth.com
> > And rhymes that didn't force me to frowan." [overpacked
> line!] --Michael Kay
> >
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