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RE: syntax, model: nonsense

• To: "Chris Wilper" <cwilper@c...>,"Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: syntax, model: nonsense
• From: "Danny Ayers" <danny666@v...>
• Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 11:41:38 +0200
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> > "The general success of Web software is evidence that interoperability 
> > in networked information systems is best achieved by specifying 
> > interfaces at the level of concrete syntax rather than abstract data 
> > models or APIs."
> 
> Mu.
> 
> For this statement to even make sense, it would have to be possible to
> specify an actual interface in terms of an abstract data model.
> 
> Here's a similar statement:
> 
> The general success of airplanes is evidence that flight is best
> achieved with actual wings rather than abstract descriptions of how
> the wings are structured and how they relate to the plane.

Bravo!

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