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jv@a... (Jay Vaughan) writes: >I'm not trying to be insulting to anyone - That's unfortunate, as you're succeeding, and repeating that success. >I'm just >trying to stop the constant banter and misuse of this list, which is >supposed to be (as advertised) about XML development and related >technologies. After six years, mostly unmoderated, I think it's become a mailing list for the XML development community, not necessarily a list exclusively about angle brackets. The promise of the list is: "XML-DEV serves as an open, unmoderated list supporting XML implementation and development. XML-DEV emphasizes active participation through code development, creation of protocols and specifications, and other material contributions such as reference resources." (http://xml.org/xml/xmldev.shtml) There are certainly cycles where the list is closer to or further from that goal, but I think it's done very well over the past six years at helping people make XML work, at levels from parser writing to pipeline creation to business integration and the cultural problems which arise when new technologies appear. "Supporting" can take a lot of different forms, though it's pretty clear that not everyone wants or needs the same kind of support. Maybe the world needs an "xml-utterly-practical" list? You're hardly the first person I've heard with this complaint. I doubt I'd join it, but that would probably make the utterly-practical folks cheer anyway. >What is it about XML people and their attitudes, anyway ... its just >a freakin' technology, people, not a doctrine. It's a technology, it's a medium, it's interesting. As technologies go, this one has a lot of depth, and not just because the specs have grown enormous. -- Simon St.Laurent Ring around the content, a pocket full of brackets Errors, errors, all fall down! http://simonstl.com -- http://monasticxml.org
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