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XML 1.0 is. The family of specs around it are not. You can teach XML 1.0 in about half a day. The rest can take three semesters and then a year of practice. Once out of the simple instance, XML specs specify a system. Taken in totality, XML is now much harder then SGML and throwing the combined specs onto a floor would kill the first three rows of the audience. Len http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h -----Original Message----- From: Williams, David [mailto:DAVID.WILLIAMS@c...] Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 5:56 PM To: xml-dev@l... Subject: almost four years ago.... I was just reading some of the old articles on xml.com's features list, and came across: "XML has been designed for maximum expressive power, maximum teachability, and maximum ease of implementation." -Oct'97 John Bosak article (off of xml.com) Are all three still true? I think they are all still _potentially_ true... Are the current manifestations of XML living up to this statement, though? ------------------------------------------------------------------ The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org, an initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word "unsubscribe" in the body to: xml-dev-request@l...
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