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Well worth a read. They appear not to have considered schema possibilities beyond DTDs and W3C XML Schema, but it's stimulating reading in any case. The discussion of ASN.1 and BNF is especially interesting. -----Forwarded Message----- From: Larry Masinter <LMM@a...> To: ietf@i..., discuss@a..., ietf-xml-mime@i... Cc: 'Paul Hoffman / IMC' <phoffman@i...>, 'Marshall Rose' <mrose@d...>, Scott Hollenbeck <shollenbeck@v...>, ietf-xml-use@i... Subject: "Guidelines for the Use of XML in IETF Protocols" Date: 06 Apr 2002 11:47:48 -0800 Abstract: The eXtensible Markup Language (XML) is a framework for structuring data. While it evolved from SGML -- a markup language primarily focused on structuring documents -- XML has evolved to be a widely- used mechanism for representing structured data. There are a wide variety of Internet protocols; many have need for a representation for structured data relevant to their application. There has been much interest in the use of XML as a representation method. This document describes basic XML concepts, analyzes various alternatives in the use of XML, and provides guidelines for the use of XML within IETF standards-track protocols. Intended Publication Status It is the goal of the authors that this draft (when completed and then approved by the IESG) be published as a Best Current Practice (BCP). Submitted to the Internet Drafts, but available now at http://www.imc.org/ietf-xml-use/draft-hollenbeck-ietf-xml-guide.txt or http://www.imc.org/ietf-xml-use/draft-hollenbeck-ietf-xml-guide.html with a mailing list ietf-xml-use@i... , archive at http://www.imc.org/ietf-xml-use/index.html "To subscribe to the mailing list, send a message to ietf-xml-use-request@i... with the single word subscribe in the body of the message. To unsubscribe from the list, use that same address with the single word unsubscribe in the body of the message." Larry -- http://larry.masinter.net -- Simon St.Laurent Ring around the content, a pocket full of brackets Errors, errors, all fall down! http://simonstl.com
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