[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: Who will maintain SAX?
I'm not complaining. I've had to do the benign dictator thing and there is a point at which it is effective. Then there is a point at which changes have greater impact and it becomes committee work. Typically that is when changes affect a lot more people than the original developers. The questions are what rate of change is expected and will the vendors who must support them accept the benign dictator or would they prefer a committee? We all bitched about W3C closing the doors to open lists, me included. That is why inquiring into the regs from each of the proposed receivers is high on the request list. So far, I don't see anyone except OASIS asking for the responsibility. If the core is that stable, and you don't expect changes, why does it need a maintainer, dictator or otherwise? If it needs one, what requirements must they meet? Is maintaining SAX a resource consuming job? If it is, who has the resources and how are they replenished? The key is predictability once any spec is fielded. Len Bullard Intergraph Public Safety clbullar@i... http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h -----Original Message----- From: Simon St.Laurent [mailto:simonstl@s...] It's not clear to me that handing it over to a vendor consortium is likely to avoid the PAS issue. You complain about the benevolent dictatorship model with regard to individuals, yet appear to have blind faith in institutions. I'd argue that it depends on the institution just as much as it depends on the individual - and I'd far rather have a genuinely benevolent individual (tough to find) than a committee-ridden pay-to-play institution.
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