[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: Why 90 percent of XML standards will fail
Ok. Then UDDI is a standard and Ed was wretching for his own ed-ification. In fact, the Microsoft SDK is a standard too. This email specifies it as such and since there are no qualifications one should meet to be an authority to specifying that, you are now expected to comply with this email and implement your next project in compliance with the standard SDK. Great. Interoperability problems all solved with a spec that weighs considerably less than XML 1.0. Len http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Franz [mailto:snowhare@n...] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:48 AM To: xml-dev@l... Subject: RE: Why 90 percent of XML standards will fail On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote: > That's why some people are and have always > been "sensitive" when the term "standard" > is applied to W3C specifications. "If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck..." I am at a loss. In what respect *AREN'T* the W3C specs _standards_? Is this an example of 'standards snobbery' where unless it is by the ISO/ANSI/some-other-organization-with-'S'-in-its-acronym it can't be a "real" standard? (Huge clue - standards existed before standards organizations did). Or is it 'political sensitivity' to companies (not naming any names) that are adverse to participating in a process that generates standards which they don't want to 100% conform to, but which they want to claim they support? So they can avoid being beat up for non-compliance with the standard? Either way - it's complete nonsense. By any generally accepted use of the word 'standard', the W3C specs *ARE* standards. Just because you don't *call* a duck, 'a duck', doesn't mean it isn't a duck. -- Benjamin Franz ... with proper design, the features come cheaply. This approach is arduous, but continues to succeed. ---Dennis Ritchie ------------------------------------------------------------------ The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org, an initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word "unsubscribe" in the body to: xml-dev-request@l...
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