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On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 13:10 -0600, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
> I worry less about the behaviors I haven't learned and more
> about the ones I can't explain.
...In which case do we care Len?
If we want (and expect) a feature, chances are we haven't
had to use it yet. Just needs hunting down?
> Documentation varies widely.
> Given a mashup of applications from different servers and
> sources, simplicity and well-documented OR STANDARD features
> are the sine qua non of applications in composite.
yep.
>
> Even if they are word processors. Need new features? Buy
> new plugins.
And judge the worthiness by the cost.
I'd settle for that.
> I don't think anyone intends to pry XML out of the developer's hands.
Where it should (rightly IMHO) stay.
At least I've learned that :-)
> Just consider markets where the end users see a federated page of
> slightly to definitely incompatible application behaviors. Data is
> the least of our problems regards interoperability and the only
> one that XML has a partial solution for.
I'll disagree with this view Len.
It's the data that matters. [Insert your own quote here]
Not the (todays) app that generates it.
That's the winner for XML I think.
There's a slim chance it might be available to others in
a couple of years time.
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Regards,
Dave Pawson
XSLT + Docbook FAQ
http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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