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Re: Perceived C/B for XML 1.1

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• Subject: Re: Perceived C/B for XML 1.1
• From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 14:04:45 -0400
• In-reply-to: <F240WNgcj377XOtjnup00004eaf@h...>

xmlmaster@h... (Wayne Steele) writes:
>Please calm down, Simon.

I'm actually feeling quite calm, thanks.

>I believe this is a simple misunderstanding. "Business", as in
>"Business Rules" and "Business Partners", does not refer to commerce
>any more than the phrase "MYOB" does.
>
>Please see the first definition at
>   http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict?Query=business

Sure, but "business partners" is quite definitely marketing-speak to me,
the kind of junk I get in press releases every four hours or so.  Given
that I consistently incinerate press releases that use phrases like
that, I'm not inclined to see that language infiltrate supposedly
technical discussion.

So far as I can tell, XML itself is about information and communication,
not business.  It certainly has business applications in whatever sense
you choose to use the word, but I see no reason to use "business" with
its multiple connotations when there are alternatives that are both more
accurate and more inclusive.  

XML 1.1 in particular seems to value inclusion...


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