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Re: Binary XML == "spawn of the devil" ?

• To: AndrewWatt2000@a...
• Subject: Re: Binary XML == "spawn of the devil" ?
• From: Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@e...>
• Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 19:02:28 +0200
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AndrewWatt2000@a... wrote:
> It is too simplistic to state that "The W3C is evil". It is a little 
> more perceptive to comment that W3C process is defective in that it 
> allows a closed process of specification development .... a 
> self-selected few in closed Working Groups producing "Requirements" in a 
> process which is closed at crucial points and with sometimes closed ears 
> at each public step in response to adverse comment ... to bulldoze 
> through special interest topics then label the result a "standard".

But then it is my understanding that the bInfoset workshop is open to 
the public, provided one submits a position paper. So I don't see how 
your complaints about openness apply.

> As I have asked previously, to what end is the W3C "leading the Web to 
> its full potential ...."? It is a pretty sad state of affairs if the 
> real answer is "The W3C ... leading the Web to its full potential .... 
> to satisfy the commercial interests of special interest groups.". Surely 
> a supposed "standards body" should aspire to something better?

blah blah blah blah blah

> Returning to the point on which you sought comment. I don't hold either 
> of the views you offer. I view "Binary XML" as an oxymoron. If "XML" as 
> defined in the XML 1.0 Rec is "XML" then "Binary XML" doesn't exist in 
> my view.

But then the workshop isn't called the "Binary XML Workshop". Just 
because Eliotte chose to use that term in his FUD-spreading doesn't mean 
it has any relationship with reality.

--
Robin Berjon

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