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 I
think we have to look beyond the definitions and ask ourselves
what
we are prepared to demand of the organizations that seek
our
consent to be credible authorities. The self-selecting process
that
started XML worked in its day, but it would have been far
better
had Bosak gone to ISO and requested a partnership or worked
with
ISO representatives to seek one with the W3C. One
did
emerge but by that time, ISO had little to say about what
was to
be done with its intellectual property. Let me repeat this
so it
is clear what I mean: SGML belongs to ISO just as surely
as XML
does to the W3C. Were one to repeat Jon's endeavor
today,
any one of several organizations could under the international
laws
that seek to arbitrate disputes among trading partners fire
down
on that person or self-selected group like a crow with a
machine gun. IOW, the original SGML On The Web SIG would be in
jail.
The
days of intellectual appropriation of property under the banners of
"information wants to be free" are over. They vanished in the
dot.bomb. Greed overlooks the law. Hunger cries for
it.
The
issue is not what we call the thing. It is the rights to the
thing
vested by the governing authorities insofar as they are
empowered to govern. We are not free to challenge that.
We are
capable of seeking the best balance of powers that
enables us to work for technical innovation and systems
interoperation. For that reason, what I am looking for
here
personally is the means to achieve that balance
by
separation of rights, powers, and principals under law.
Otherwise, you get the same result as the W3C has achieved:
you
handed it ALL over to the largest vendors and they govern.
Your
choice is who picks your choices. Always.
Len Bullard
Intergraph Public Safety clbullar@i... http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h
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