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• To: "Bullard Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>
• Subject: Re: Visualization: A Picture Is Worth A Beer
• From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@b...>
• Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 15:31:58 -0500
• Cc: "'XML DEV'" <xml-dev@l...>
• Organization: Booz Allen Hamilton
• References: <15725CF6AFE2F34DB8A5B4770B7334EE03F9F34F@h...>

"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" wrote:
> 
> If you ever find yourself in front of an audience trying
> to explain the why of XML, particularly to programmers,
> try this:
> 
> XML interoperability is often misunderstood because since XML
> does not have operations, what is it doing to make a system
> interoperable?  The network effect? The network effect is a
> power law, not a force for good or evil. Like XML, it does not care.
> 
> Think about it as two dimensions of interoperable scalability.
> In the x, there is data.   In the y, there are operations.
> The x dimension scales almost infinitely if the names are well chosen.
> The y dimension does not scale well as most operations are local.

I believe the y dimension assumption breaks down in a service-oriented
architecture, in which operations are shared among multiple service
consumers. But my statement may/may not be contadicted by the rest of
your post.

Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
Strategy and Technology Consultants to the World

> However, when the x names are chosen well, that is, are
> semantically potent, the x and y dimensions couple via the network
> power law to drive the value of x and y simultaneously.
> 
> That coupling is why XML won.
> 
> len
> 
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