RE: [xml-dev] An easy-to-use technology is a double-edged sword (XML is

[Len Bullard <len.bullard@uai.com>]

Making life harder for the smart people is not a good solution to the
unwillingness of not-so-smart people.  That is the classic 'everyone can
only run as fast as the slowest gazelle' approach aka "No Gazelle Left
Behind".

I don't think a) that XML vocabulary design is easy where the language
domain is hard or b) that ease where it exists is strongly coupled to
failure of will to reuse.

len


From: Costello, Roger L. [mailto:costello@mitre.org] 
 
XML's low barrier to entry has been a mixed blessing for the Web.

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