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>I think there's a step or two before even that. We've been >talking about "simplifying" XML without sharing an operational >definition of "simpler." Fair enough except I believe a set of requirements will serve the same purpose. Without further ado, here is the first rough cut: 1. SML shall be easier to learn than XML Ideally, one should be able to learn the ins and outs of SML COMPLETELY within 30 minutes. Amount of time spent is not important but it can be used to indirectly measure the level of required attention span, mental model complexity, amount of details one must remember, etc. 2. SML shall be easier to use than XML [TBD: this needs to be broken up more] 3. SML shall be easier to implement than XML It should be possible for an average engineer to write a fully compliant SML parser within a week. While there are many XML parsers out there now, level of compliance is questionable and amount of time and effort to implement them is greater than originally intended for XML. 4. SML shall be compatible with XML [TBD] 5. SML shall promote small and fast applications [TBD: needs rewording] 6. SML shall have zero optional features. [TBD] Comments and suggestions are welcome, Don Park - mailto:donpark@d... Docuverse - http://www.docuverse.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 unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe 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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