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RE: strange feeling

• To: "'Liam Quin'" <liam@w...>
• Subject: RE: strange feeling
• From: "Didier PH Martin" <martind@n...>
• Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 13:38:31 -0400
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• In-reply-to: <20020918132408.B21850@t...>

Hi Liam,

[XML achievements....}

Didier replies:
You know Liam, this is what XML has achieve up to now. My concerns are
more with where it is going.

a) We start to see un-coordination and inconsistency in the proposed XML
framework by W3C. 
b) To resolve this inconsistency we see the introduction of more complex
constructs.

But I agree with you, W3C produced in the past some great technologies
and specs. And yes, it simplified SGML. Does W3C members have still
simplicity in mind?

Cheers
Didier PH Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: Liam Quin [mailto:liam@w...] 
Sent: 18 septembre, 2002 13:24
To: Didier PH Martin
Cc: xml-dev@l...
Subject: Re:  strange feeling

On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 01:08:18PM -0400, Didier PH Martin wrote:
> Funny, it all started with the general idea to simplify a too complex
> SGML. You know, frankly, I am starting to find SGML easier than what
XML
> is becomming :-) :-). Maybe it's a natural tendency in human beings to
> make simple things complex. Humm, who knows ..

Wat was achieved with XML was
(1) a level of interoperability not achieved with SGML:
    interoperability without human intervention,
    no need to edit DOCTYPE declarations or catalogs or SDATA
    entity replacements, no need to worry about normalisation support,
    or ommittag behaving differently in different parsers...

(2) a small enough profile that it could be implemented quickly,
    and understood easily

(3) a freely available specification

As features are added, they are added on top of that smaller foundation.

This is very different from having a large complex spec with poor
interopability.

Or that's my perspective at least :-)

Liam

-- 
Liam Quin, W3C XML Activity Lead, liam@w...

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