RE: [xml-dev] XML-DEV list

["Len Bullard" <cbullard@hiwaay.net>]

My problem with that description is how many web programmers or designers
are willing to suggest or document solutions without doing the research into
the topic to discover what solutions have been tried and what the results
were.  Two very serious problems emerge out of that:  claiming credit where
there is prior art making the IP situation difficult for everyone, and
claims that lead to false eigen-index locking (the Google/Wikipedia effect).

I expect to see 42 pages with the last two being citations of work both in
URIs and bibliographic.

len


From: Ben Trafford [mailto:ben@prodigal.ca] 

         In addition, a lot of people are quite happy to point out 
problems, but not so inclined to discuss solutions, which is another 
way this list differs from its origins. For example, I've asked the 
semantic side of the linking discussion to come up with solutions. A 
few have, but most simply stopped talking. I also asked if anybody 
wanted to volunteer to help me bring together the presentation side 
of links and the semantic side of links. So far? No takers.

         Complaining about problems is a good thing. But without 
being willing to provide solutions, or even ideas about solutions, it 
amounts to little more than being a curmudgeon, or at worst, a troll.