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jv@access-music.de (Jay Vaughan) writes:
>I'm not trying to be insulting to anyone -
That's unfortunate, as you're succeeding, and repeating that success.
>I'm just
>trying to stop the constant banter and misuse of this list, which is
>supposed to be (as advertised) about XML development and related
>technologies.
After six years, mostly unmoderated, I think it's become a mailing list
for the XML development community, not necessarily a list exclusively
about angle brackets. The promise of the list is:
"XML-DEV serves as an open, unmoderated list supporting XML
implementation and development. XML-DEV emphasizes active participation
through code development, creation of protocols and specifications, and
other material contributions such as reference resources."
(http://xml.org/xml/xmldev.shtml)
There are certainly cycles where the list is closer to or further from
that goal, but I think it's done very well over the past six years at
helping people make XML work, at levels from parser writing to pipeline
creation to business integration and the cultural problems which arise
when new technologies appear. "Supporting" can take a lot of different
forms, though it's pretty clear that not everyone wants or needs the
same kind of support.
Maybe the world needs an "xml-utterly-practical" list? You're hardly
the first person I've heard with this complaint. I doubt I'd join it,
but that would probably make the utterly-practical folks cheer anyway.
>What is it about XML people and their attitudes, anyway ... its just
>a freakin' technology, people, not a doctrine.
It's a technology, it's a medium, it's interesting. As technologies go,
this one has a lot of depth, and not just because the specs have grown
enormous.
--
Simon St.Laurent
Ring around the content, a pocket full of brackets
Errors, errors, all fall down!
http://simonstl.com -- http://monasticxml.org
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