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could be right but DTDs aren't terribly complicated and they got a bum
rap
from the web community for years until the bums learned how to use
them. That is the typical approach to the learning curve; to spit
like
camels
in the general direction of the drivers.
As to having multiple schema languages, I don't see a reason why not. With the exception of DTDs, these are all XML
application languages
and if someone were to say that we need the consortia
to eliminate
competitors there, I think a lot of us would ignore
such advice the same
way the procurement officials will ignore the Beltway
crowd that issues
opinions such as "W3C standards only". If you've
done much of this
kind of work, you may remember when it was "ISO only"
or "NIST only"
and so on. The ocean of innovation beats down any
barrier one can
put up and the results are that houses built on cliffs
loose that
exclusive view and sometimes disappear into the
swells.
Specifications and standards must stand on their
technical merits,
not their provenance. Trust yourselves to
figure out what is best
for your own applications. Those that
really need to interoperate
will negotiate. Those that don't don't need your
technology. The
best advice I have for anyone just getting into this is
to avoid
people who tell you that you must first "create buzz"
before
you have a working product, or that getting tight with
the W3C,
those of standing, whoever, is the first order of
business. Those
with standing recognize good work and will be a lot
happier to
see you coming with running code than a handful of
brochures.
The rules haven't changed: running code and rough
consensus
are the best predictors of
survival.
len
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