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Thanks for that link Roger. All this time I thought I wanted XML Hypermedia to follow the Rule of Least Power, but now I know it should be designed by the New Jersey Guy. ;-) Cheers, Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: Costello, Roger L. [mailto:costello@mitre.org] > Sent: August 29, 2012 07:13 > To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org > Subject: The Rise of Worse is Better > > Folks, Hello, > > I just read an interesting article titled, The Rise of Worse > is Better. > > The lesson to be learned from this is that it is often > undesirable > to go for the right thing first. It is better to get half > of the right > thing available so that it spreads like a virus. Once people are > hooked on it, take the time to improve it to 90% of the > right thing. > > I think this lesson applies to XML as well. Rather than > developing a data model (e.g., XML Schema) that tries to do > everything, create a simple data model that spreads like a > virus and then take the time to improve it. > > More ... http://www.dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWorseIsBetter.html > > Thoughts? > > /Roger > > ______________________________________________________________ > _________ > > 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 > > [Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index] |
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