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There is: 1. XML: a metalanguage specification 2. XML application languages defined by the metalanguage specification 3. XML systems that use items 1 and 2 for communication and documentation by humans and machines 1. Easy to learn by humans and programmers. All the heavy lifting work has been done. 2. Learning curve varies by application. Well-documented applications are quality applications. You must know 1 to learn 2. 3. Learning curve varies by application and company competence. Well documented systems are quality systems. You may benefit from knowing 1, very likely from knowing 2, but first learn the system. Good books and free well-supported web sites exist abundantly for one, mostly for two, and sometimes for three. Caveat emptor. What you need to know depends on your role. Then there is all the Internet stuff but that isn't XML's fault. Len http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h -----Original Message----- From: David Brownell [mailto:david-b@p...] Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 9:43 AM To: Jonathan Borden; xml-dev@l... Subject: Re: XML 1.0 is simple. was: RE: almost four years ago.... > From: "Jonathan Borden" <jborden@m...> > > Perhaps we should stop talking about the family of specs surrounding XML as > if they _are_ XML itself. That is to say, defining "XML in totality" is akin > to defining binary logic (simple) and defining the latest multiGHz Pentium > IV with a gazillion gates _as_ part of "binary logic in totality". I've talked about "XML" and "Greater XML" ... most folk can understand that, by analogy to cities: "Boston" is much more approachable than "the Greater Boston Metropolitan Area". Is there a better metaphor to hand? The problem is that marketing organizations need to undermine such clear distinctions, otherwise they can't leverage the PR about XML (it's good) to imply that their XML-ish thing ("XML in silicon!") must also be good, at least not without doing real work. - Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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