[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: Has XML run its course?
Perhaps it need not be pointed out, but the W3C "owns" XML. I think you have a 2% chance of success. We have too many new tools and too much investment in training, implementation, etc. The W3C succeeded based on stretching the facts about what they could do and what was reasonable to do. The web zealots publicly beat the hell out of the organizations and reputations of those who did have the right approach to standard infrastructure building in a way reminiscent of the mobs that burned the library of Alexandria. The damage was enormous and the results not nearly as good as promised. The dot.bomb removed most of their credibility in the investment world. Now it is "build it, demo it, market like hell, and maybe they will come" which is precisely the world before the W3C. Organizations don't matter as much as utility and perceptions of utility. I'm betting on MS and .net. It does what is needed immediately. If the events of this month have escaped your attention, the one thing pointed out in big bold colors is the need for reliable policy mediated access to databases in real-time and post event. Well-secured and standard service based systems are capable of that. Once those are in place, then inference enabled systems have utility, but not before. Berners-Lee needs to understand that and so do we. len
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