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Yes that is it exactly, IMO. For personalization, the device might want to know if I have allergies and does the Lebanese menu account for that. There is no end to the application of time, space and personal characteristic contexts given bandwidth, disk space and the will to code XML. As David points out, if the source isn't listed (doesn't have a URI), it doesn't exist. When the discussions of using 3D cities comes up, the response is always, "great idea, who pays for the maps?" And being in a business that does do something of the sort (look at the field unit in your local police or fire vehicle), I can attest to that. The answer is of course, integration based on standard formats. But we both know that. XML is only the first step. Then it is the will to share the application formats. Then there is the maintenance thing. Data lives and then it dies. len -----Original Message----- From: Lauren Wood [mailto:lauren@s...] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 3:11 PM To: xml-dev@l... Subject: Re: XML for Video, Pizza Shops & TakeOut Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote: > One always open the phone book and look but what > fun is that? No fun if you don't have one with you. Here's a scenario that makes sense to me: I'm travelling, somewhere I don't know. The car's tank is nearly empty and I really do want to find the *nearest* place to fill up. And when I want to eat, I want maybe not a pizza parlour, but an Indian or Lebanese restaurant. I don't have a phone book, I don't know the ZIP code where I am, I might be able to tell you roughly what city I'm in or was in 5 minutes ago (picture Silicon Valley, where the boundaries are not exactly easy to figure out)... My cell phone should be able to tell me where to fill up, and where to find that Lebanese restaurant, or tell me there isn't one within a half-hour drive. Wasn't that meant to be the promise of web services?
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