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As we mentioned earlier, we have been looking for comments on the report... it's not as much "advertised" as it has been meant for comments. I most appreciate your or anyone else's comments on this report, and we will be fixing any problems that you think may be present. The problems you mention below, while seemingly egregious are slight, and we will be fixing them. If anyone has comments for the report, we would be most interested in fixing any perceived problems with our pros and cons arguments. 1) Yes, you are right, UDDI is a specification, not a standard. However the number of ways in which the term "standard" is mis-used far outnumbers its correct usage. 2) We spend a great amount of detail going into the fact that XML elements allow a variety of Unicode characters... in fact, we've encapsulated the Blueberry discussion later. However, I'll locate where the use of Latin was written and 3) I will locate and eradicate the reference to EBNF. 4) Where did the argument go astray? 5) We meant not to promote but solicit comments and feedback, which you have graciously given us. The more the better! A more than cursory read of the report would be great as well ;) This was meant to be an effort for the community. I hope at least one person has appreciated the effort! Ron -- Senior Analyst ZapThink XML Industry Analysts www.zapthink.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edd Dumbill" <edd@u...> To: "Ron Schmelzer" <rschmelzer@z...> Cc: <Mike.Champion@s...>; <xml-dev@l...> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 5:45 AM Subject: Re: Use of XML ? > On 01 Aug 2001 18:09:41 -0400, Ron Schmelzer wrote: > > RE: Use of XML ?Once again, I'd like to point out that these very arguments (and many other ones not even discussed here) are covered in the "Pros and Cons of XML" document at http://www.zapthink.com/reports/proscons.html > > > > If we've missed something, I'd be more than happy to update the content! But, we have elucidated about 17-18 "Pro" arguments with counterpoints, and 8-9 "Con" arguments with counterpoints. > > I have several comments from a cursory glance of this (repeatedly > advertised) report. > > * You commit the cardinal sin of calling the half-baked UDDI a > "standard." > > * You say XML only allows Latin characters in names. Poppycock! See > http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml#NT-Name > > * You say DTDs use EBNF syntax. Wrong. > > * The section "XML separates process from content" barely makes any > sense at all. > > May I humbly suggest that you refrain from repeated promotion of the > report on this mailing list. > > -- Edd > >
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