Re: [xml-dev] The Allure of Gothic Markup

["Jeremy H. Griffith" <jeremy@omsys.com>]

On Sun, 18 Aug 2013 17:12:46 -0700, Gareth Oakes
> <goakes@gpslsolutions.com> wrote:

>On 19/08/13 9:59 AM, "Michael Kay" <mike@saxonica.com> wrote:
>>Which is probably more like the bazaar than the cathedral.
>
>This is a good observation, and on that topic, another takeaway for me
>(which probably reinforces my existing opinions) is that the development
>of markup standards and systems should not be about an architect imposing
>a top-down decree on how things should be. Instead, it is about setting up
>an environment which allows people to work together more effectively.

Well said.  That last point:

  ... it is about setting up an environment which 
  allows people to work together more effectively.

is exactly what those of us who design XML vocabularies
need to be doing.  Not telling them "how things should be".


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