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news://news.software.ibm.com/ibm.software.developerworks.xml.devcon2001 is a news server
that has a number of firsthand reports from XML DevCon in New York. I
found the posting about Tim Bray's "XML Hits and Misses" presentation
particularly interesting.
"Hits" include
application integration with "ad hoc" vocabularies, content syndication, and
XSLT.
"Misses"
include vertical industry vocabularies, "intelligent" document authoring (most
XML docs are created with Word or Frame), and the Semantic
Web.
"Too soon
to tell" efforts include ebXML and Web Services.
Look
especially at the last couple of paragraphs. He compared various other
technologies to help figure out what factors might predict which will be hits or
misses. His conclusion is that adherence to the 80:20 rule is the best
predictor of a "hit". Strong backing by the US Military was a negative
predictor (e.g. Ada ... and the Semantic
Web?).
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