RE: [xml-dev] Evaluation Criteria for Markup Languages

["Cox, Bruce" <Bruce.Cox@USPTO.GOV>]

Yes, John, we took that work into account.  We even looked at the work of the Universal Postal Union, which, while fascinating in its own right, was of little help.

Bruce B Cox
Director, Policy and Standards Division, OCIO, USPTO

-----Original Message-----
From: John Cowan [mailto:cowan@ccil.org] On Behalf Of John Cowan
Sent: 2011 September 6, Tuesday 16:14
To: Cox, Bruce
Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Evaluation Criteria for Markup Languages

Cox, Bruce scripsit:

> As Michael said, it's a question of finding the level of abstraction 
> that everyone can agree to for exchange purposes while still 
> supporting the local needs of a national office.  It's challenging.

Have you looked at OASIS XNAL 2.0
<http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ciq/ciq.html> for the name and address parts?  It should be powerful enough for anyone.

-- 
John Cowan   cowan@ccil.org  http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
Most languages are dramatically underdescribed, and at least one is dramatically overdescribed.  Still other languages are simultaneously overdescribed and underdescribed.  Welsh pertains to the third category.
        --Alan King