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• From: Sean Phillips <phillips@s...>
• To: 'Didier PH Martin' <martind@n...>
• Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 17:52:23 -0400

Pardon the intrusion!  I am a recruiter from Seattle.  If anyone is
interested or knows anyone interested in XML Development jobs in Seattle
please let me know. 

If this message was inappropriate please pardon me, just trying to network.

thanks,

Sean Phillips
IS Staffing Supervisor
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-----Original Message-----
From: Didier PH Martin [mailto:martind@n...]
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 2:09 PM
To: 'XML Dev'
Subject: RE: Standards: they're de-jure, they're de-facto, they're
de-LOVELY!


Hi David,

David said:
> You left out an weird example -- SAX is a very widely-implemented XML
> API, but it has no owner, no organization promoting it, no press
> releases, no copyright or terms of usage (it's truly public domain),
> and no formalized process for development or maintenance.  (It also
> has no proper language-independent spec, but I consider that a bug
> rather than a feature, and one for which I take personal
> responsibility.)

> Essentially, megginson.com donates a little Web space, xml-dev donates
> a lot of discussion space, and many companies and individuals donate
> the time from the people who help to discuss and develop SAX.  In this
> regard, SAX is a lot like Linux, except that Linux is GPL'ed and Linus
> now holds the trademark on the Linux name after a nasty squabble with
> someone who tried to cash in; SAX is explicitly in the public domain
> and not copyrighted, copylefted, or trademarked in any way, and relies
> exclusively on peer-pressure and user demand to ensure conformance.

> I've never (knowingly) called SAX a 'standard', de facto or de jure.
> What *is* it?
Thanks for your point. And yes I would also ask: what is it? a de facto
standard? a standard?

reply:
Good you brought this David. It is not endorsed by W3C nor by ISO or any
other institution, but used by a lot of developers who consider it as a
"standard". So what is it then? Because it is not blessed by an institution
is it a rebel "standard" opposed (imagine a star war scene here) to the
"official standard" blessing institution? So what is a "standard" then?

regards
Didier PH Martin
mailto:martind@n...
http://www.netfolder.com


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