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> -----Original Message----- > From: Champion, Mike [mailto:Mike.Champion@s...] > Sent: 18 October 2001 16:57 > To: xml-dev@l... > Subject: RE: XML Database Decision Tree? [...] > Nobody responded to my "XML Wikipedia" suggestion ... but apparently that > process works reasonably well to foster neutral, factual, but > useful content on controversial subjects .... it would be interesting to > brainstorm how to summarize and archive whatever consensus emerges on a variety of > contentious subjects that we discuss here (schemas, namespaces, the various > APIs, etc.). I think it's a great idea, and have obviously tried to summarise at least some of the debates that have happened here in the XML-Deviant column and through the eclectic weblog. While the latter is not a Wiki site, it has a discussion forum (I'm pretty sure I activated it), so people can post articles/summaries if they choose. Unlike Wiki, I think the only way to collaboratively work on a single document is if I make people contributing editors (standard Manila functionality), but the Wiki's I've seen often seem to be discussion oriented anyway (a document, with a series of community responses). I've not promoted this in the past because I didn't want to draw discussion away from here, the primary forum. But as I say, there's no reason others can't post summaries there. (Note: there is a registration process, but it's very basic). Alternatively I can collate links to summaries elsewhere, similar to PeterMR's XML Jewels [1] from some time ago. Just send 'em in. Cheers, L. [1]. http://www.vsms.nottingham.ac.uk/vsms/xml/jewels.html -- Leigh Dodds, Research Group, Ingenta | "Pluralitas non est ponenda http://weblogs.userland.com/eclectic | sine necessitate" http://www.xml.com/pub/xmldeviant | -- William of Ockham
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