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RE: Open Standards Organization

• To: 'Rick Jelliffe' <ricko@a...>
• Subject: RE: Open Standards Organization
• From: Jeff Lowery <jlowery@s...>
• Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 19:36:15 -0700
• Cc: "Xml-Dev (E-mail)" <xml-dev@l...>

> How about this for a rule?
> 
>  * No standard should be longer than 15 printed pages (at 12 
> pts Times),
>    excluding front and backmatter, tuorial material, DTDs or
>    other XML code, and formal characterizations.

I tried suggesting that a measure of simplicity on the TAG list and was
informed I was ignorant.  Seems that even some arguably simple standards
require more words.  I guess that's true.  I don't that Tim Bray ever got a
useful response to his request for a measure of simplicity.  I don't think
there is one, but we all know simple when we see it.

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