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I would say the difference between anecdote and evidence is the degree of traceability between the two claims. With something that is evidence you would know, in a reasonably documented way, what was done, when and by who. Anecdote has passed through so many messengers, each drawing their own conclusions and re-originating the story to emphasis what they want that it's essentially mythical. Pete Cordell Codalogic Ltd Interface XML to C++ the easy way using C++ XML data binding to convert XSD schemas to C++ classes. Visit http://codalogic.com/lmx/ or http://www.xml2cpp.com for more info ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Salz" <rsalz@us.ibm.com> To: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org> Cc: <xml-dev@lists.xml.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 5:24 PM Subject: RE: Designing an experiment to gather evidence on approaches to designing web services >I was not asking about the difference between the two approaches, I was > asking about the difference between anecdote and evidence. It is > interesting that my message, which I thought was completely clear and > included a quotation from you; > >> > There is no evidence to support one approach or the other. There are >> > anecdotes, but that's not evidence. >> >> I do not understand the difference, can you explain? > > Was not at all clear to you, as can be seen by your edit: > >> > I do not understand the difference [between the two approaches >> that were listed], can you explain? > > There are probably some interesting lessons to be learned their, and they > might be applicable in what seems to me the attempt to drive all ambiguity > out of XML-related specifications. But that's not what I care about. > > I am quite curious what is/are the difference(s) between anecdote and > evidence such that you can blithely assert that one is not the other. > > /r$ > > -- > STSM, WebSphere Appliance Architect > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/soma/ > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS > to support XML implementation and development. To minimize > spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. > > [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ > Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@lists.xml.org > subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@lists.xml.org > List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php >
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