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On 3/1/06, James Fuller <jim.fuller@r...> wrote: > G. Ken Holman wrote: > > > Except for spelling "eXtensible" incorrectly by capitalizing the "X" > > (the standard document does not have a capital "X") I thought it was > > neat that my government is promoting the use of XML to the general > > public and felt it sufficient to use the succinct description above to > > get people familiar with the technology to use it. > > > > And looking on their web site, the XML guidelines go back to 2002. > > > > Now, did we use it? Actually, no ... we only have to file two T4 > > slips and my wife had already used their simple web interface to do so > > before I noticed the flier mentioned XML. We aren't electronic > > filers, so the form didn't get looked at. > > > > But a company with thousands or even just hundreds of T4 slips would > > probably have their information in a database and I was pleased at the > > thought that they could merely create a database query to create an > > XML instance that could be validated by the government schema and then > > filed. > > > neat....in the Czech Republic XML usage is rampant throughout the > government. > > This is my favourite example, from the website that lists all companies > in Czech (www.justice.cz). > > http://portal.justice.cz/uvod/JusticeEN.aspx > > look for xml for Register of Bankrupts. > > cheers, Jim Fuller > > > It's typically spelled as "eXtensible" accentuating the X in XML. either way, that's good news...I wonder how far 'till the US gov makes XML a standard in document submission. -- Anthony Ettinger Signature: http://chovy.dyndns.org/hcard.html
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