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 At 19:19 30/09/98 -0500, Steven R. Newcomb wrote: >[Frank Blau:] >>When I talk to people about XML, one of the "problems" I identify is the >>overabundance of navel-gazing academic esoterica in the standards >>committees... >>This list provides more examples of that than anything else (short of >>Dilbert)... The conception of XML-DEV was that it should act as a medium for people to develop and support XML, primarily through the contribution of code (especially OpenSource) and other resources (designs, protocols, examples, tutorials, etc.) I would contend that it has been extremely successful in this and that it has held fairly closely to this main track. The most obvious example is SAX - virtual conductor David Megginson with 100-strong orchestra - but XSchema is a worthy successor. The very recent discussion on xml:encoded/packed/content also shows how a simple but critical idea can be discussed quickly and taken forward. I am hoping very much that something comes out of the current discussion on Objects. And there is a constant stream of announcements of resources. >> Can we stop arguing about what are essentially personal, political >> and/or philosophical positions and get back to xml development >> issues? I can't believe I'm reading about whether or not >> "acceptation" is "sui generis"... > >I was surprised to learn that this discussion had no bearing on XML >development issues. I have long thought that a necessary part of >understanding a problem is touring its perimeter. Of course, one >man's perimeter is another man's outlands. > In the early days of the list I occasionally gently suggested that 'discussion' - as opposed to action - should be limited. But I have taken a more relaxed view recently. Personally I would like to see more *action* on name management - I don't believe that FPIs will be very much use in XML unless something provides a way of them working. We have already had an initiative on this list to develop Catalogs for XML and that would be extremely useful. Software for processing and normalising FPIs would also be welcome (since the syntax is still opaque to me). So - although *I'm* an academic - most of the members of this list aren't and most (including me) have to justify the time they spend on it. I think you'll find that for a voluntary virtual community with no real-life organisation other than Henry Rzepa, me and a 'free' list-serv the productivity is very high. A general phenomenon is that *names* and *classifications* are extremely likely to cause differences of opinion - not just here, anywhere. These can get very heated. My next posting will be a concrete proposal for the creation of an API for element-oriented programming. I'm optimistic we shall make progress... P. Peter Murray-Rust, Director Virtual School of Molecular Sciences, domestic net connection VSMS http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/vsms, Virtual Hyperglossary http://www.venus.co.uk/vhg xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...) 
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