Re: [xml-dev] (data) medium is the message

From: "Arjun Ray" <>


> "Simon St.Laurent" <> wrote:
> 
> | The vast majority of people are going down the "we need prior agreement 
> | on all semantics" path. 
> 
> I assume there is an emphasis on the word "all", else I can't imagine a
> practicable system for any kind of information exchange among independent
> parties. 

As well as being used for half-way or neutral format, XML is also used as a facade
for existing systems: in that kind of case it is not so much a question of 
"lets agree on what X means!" as much as "I want X, can I glean it from
your Y or Z?" IYSWIM

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe