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Re: (data) medium is the message

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• Subject: Re: (data) medium is the message
• From: "Rick Jelliffe" <ricko@a...>
• Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 15:28:01 +1000
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From: "Arjun Ray" <aray@n...>


> "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...> wrote:
> 
> | The vast majority of people are going down the "we need prior agreement 
> | on all semantics" path. 
> 
> I assume there is an emphasis on the word "all", else I can't imagine a
> practicable system for any kind of information exchange among independent
> parties. 

As well as being used for half-way or neutral format, XML is also used as a facade
for existing systems: in that kind of case it is not so much a question of 
"lets agree on what X means!" as much as "I want X, can I glean it from
your Y or Z?" IYSWIM

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe

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    • From: "Hunsberger, Peter" <Peter.Hunsberger@s...>
  • RE: (data) medium is the message
    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
  • Re: (data) medium is the message
    • From: Arjun Ray <aray@n...>

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