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Re: heritage (was Re: SGML on the Web)

• To: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
• Subject: Re: heritage (was Re: SGML on the Web)
• From: Sam Hunting <shunting@e...>
• Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 10:41:56 -0400 (EDT)
• Cc: michael.h.kay@n..., pdurusau@e..., "'Jeni Tennison'" <jeni@j...>, "'W. E. Perry'" <wperry@f...>, "'XML DEV'" <xml-dev@l...>
• In-reply-to: <3DA2EBF8.40603@t...>

> >  If people had defined the model before
> > defining the syntax we wouldn't be in this mess.
> 
> If we had tried to define the one true data model before defining XML, 
> either (a) we'd still be in committee meetings or (b) XML would have 
> been yet another big heavy API that would have fallen with a thud on the 
> floor and been generally ignored. -Tim

Could it be that the "model-first" approach is often appropriate for
projects, but does not scale to standardization efforts


Sam Hunting
eTopicality, Inc.

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