RE: [xml-dev] Categories of Mismatches between Producer andConsumer?

At 01:43 PM 7/11/2003 -0700,  wrote:
>What do you do with consumers (or producers) who aren't capable of 
>interpreting, or want to create situations where interpretation isn't 
>necessary?
>
>That's the space that the original post seems to be addressing.

Those kinds of assumptions build enormous brittleness into the system from 
the outset.  Are "Best Practices for Creating Brittle Systems" really "Best 
Practices"?

I don't think so.  Your answer may vary.