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No way could I disagree with this mailing! John L Michael Champion wrote: > [duh, finger slipped] > > On Monday, Nov 3, 2003, at 14:08 America/Detroit, John Larmouth wrote: > >> Suggestions for an ASN.2 that is a cut-down, basic, ASN.1 abound. But >> the problem is that for every feature you look at, there are real >> specicifications out there that use it! >> >> Also, please distinguish the ASN.1 notation from the encoding rules. >> This is a one to many mapping. > > > Please note that I am just playing with the SGML analogy here; I don't > pretend to know enough about ASN.1 to make a substantive contribution. > I would simply note that many of these good points about the pains that > a subset of the technology would cause the current users were made by > SGML advocates when XML was being debated. In retrospect, they seem to > be vastly outweighed by the benefits that the refactoring brought to all. > > I'd also note that the slightly desperate tone of some of the early > posts in this thread remind me of SGML advocates in the '90s, who could > see the benefits that standardized markup could bring and couldn't > believe why the world didn't realize them. The world began to realize > once this once the core specs were simple enough for ordinary mortals > (and tool developers) to work with. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> > > > -- Prof John Larmouth Larmouth T&PDS Ltd (Training and Protocol Development Services Ltd) 1 Blueberry Road Bowdon j.larmouth@s... Cheshire WA14 3LS England Tel: +44 161 928 1605 Fax: +44 161 928 8069
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