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1++ I don't ignore them. I program too. But I don't want to lose the greatest advantage of XML as stated in your first sentence. And in a Googling world where what one says is amplified by position in a set of "reliable sources", the urge to become a reliable source must be accompanied by the sense of even greater responsibility for what is said. If the SME can go to his boss with Googled quotes from Bray and Skonnard saying XML is for programmers, it is a persuasive way to get XML off their job description, and then, off all job descriptions for non-programmers. We cannot escape that the WWW is one part a system of programs and hardware, and in larger part, a social community with practices, behaviors, and a never ending learning curve. That is why when someone says anything that doesn't help the software is irrelevant philosophy, I wonder if that one hit his head on the steam pipe. len -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Skonnard [mailto:aarons@d...] XML is for developers. XML is for authors. XML is for anyone that needs to add type and structure to information. You simply cannot ignore the large class of organizations turning to XML as an application communication mechanism where programs both generate and consume the XML messages used in the system. There are no "authors" involved because the subject matter expert in this case is the "programmer" that originally defined the data structures used in the system. -aaron http://staff.develop.com/aarons
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