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Paul Prescod writes: > Part of the zen of SGML (inherited by XML) is that standards exist > to protect end users from programmers. Unfortunately, standards can end up protecting end users from programmers so effectively that the end users end up with no off-the-shelf software: that's why it's a good idea for standards never to go more than one step ahead of current practice. Remember, the main goals of computer standards are interoperability and shared development cost. Many SGML (or CORBA, or what-have-you) consulting shops rely on exactly the opposite: they make their money by developing expensive, customized solutions that are only marginally interoperable, while holding the standards flag over the poor customer's eyes. All the best, David -- David Megginson david@m... http://www.megginson.com/ 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/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 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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