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[Jeremy Griffith] > "Reference implementation of XML"??? Does anyone have any idea > *what* he is talking about? (Does *he*?) Are you surprised? Do you remember this snippet from _le Monde Informatique_ (<URL:http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-sgml-wg/msg04410.html>)? <quote> LMI: Among the protocols that are actually discussed inside the W3C you find XML, a document description language supported by Microsoft, among others. Why isn't Netscape participating in these efforts? MA: "XML"? That sounds really proprietary, doesn't it? [Grin] Don't forget that the Internet standard is a protocol that has brought forth a consensus at the heart of institutions like the W3C, the IETF and even ECMA [?], which is working on JavaScript. The rest is just a proposal ... </quote> The translation from French comes with heavy disclaimers, but the original French publication had something very close to this (<URL:http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-sgml-wg/msg04404.html>): <quote> M.A.: «XML»?... Cela sonne très propriétaire, non? (sourire) Ne perdons pas de vue qu'un standard Internet est un protocole qui a suscité un consensus au sein d'institutions comme le W3C, l'IETF ou encore l'ECMA qui travaille sur Javascript. Le reste n'est que proposition... </quote> -Chris -- <!NOTATION SGML.Geek PUBLIC "-//Anonymous//NOTATION SGML Geek//EN"> <!ENTITY crism PUBLIC "-//O'Reilly//NONSGML Christopher R. Maden//EN" "<URL>http://www.oreilly.com/people/staff/crism/ <TEL>+1.617.499.7487 <USMAIL>90 Sherman Street, Cambridge, MA 02140 USA" NDATA SGML.Geek> xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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