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Re: Avoding a repeat of W3C XSD - was Re: IsWeb 2.0

• To: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <len.bullard@i...>
• Subject: Re: Avoding a repeat of W3C XSD - was Re: IsWeb 2.0 the new XML?
• From: Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@e...>
• Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 23:14:02 +0200
• Cc: XML Developers List <xml-dev@l...>
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Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
> That and a bit of maturity from the professionals.

Maturity? Gee Len, you want us all out of a job or what? :)

> How often 
> do we go into these meetings prepared to skewer a submission 
> because of the source?  By example, wasn't the original 
> submission for XSD from Microsoft a lot simpler than XSD? 
> Wasn't the VML submission a lot simpler than SVG?

There are a few things about XDR (assuming that's what you mean? the 
previous one was quite seriously more complex IIRC) that I dislike but 
overall it's generally better than WXS for sure. Regarding VML, it sure 
was simple but not only in the positive connotations of the word. I 
wasn't there at the time but I don't think the SVG WG had anything 
against Microsoft, in fact VML was pretty much integrated into SVG, just 
as PGML. The problems that SVG went were pretty much Version One and 
Space Odyssey.

Thankfully the mobile industry is providing the impetus to rationalize 
all that.

> After all, it's fun to travel, see one's name in the trades 
> and on the covers of the specs, get lecturing gigs, get 
> to drink with one's heros, and destroy hotel rooms without 
> having to learn new material.

It's always nice to see some great people, and WGs sure have their share 
of those. But every hotel room looks the same these days so thrashing 
them gets a bit tired after the third time around.

-- 
Robin Berjon
   Senior Research Scientist
   Expway, http://expway.com/

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