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Michael Kay wrote:
>>We use XML for messaging so we can stop talking about what
>>format to use whenever we want to exchange something.
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>Precisely. I've seen this in action many times. Before XML, people (an
>example was the CDIF standards activity) spent months or years arguing about
>syntax. Now such groups agree the syntax (XML) at their first meeting, and
>get on with the added-value work, which is agreeing the semantics.
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now they argue over the vocabulary. same argument, different problem space.
>Michael Kay
>http://www.saxonica.com/
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