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Hi Folks, Simon's paper invites us to challenge our commonly held beliefs: Belief: - scalable is good - if you create an XML vocabulary and it gets used by only a few systems, it's a failure - an XML vocabulary that is used by thousands is good, millions is better Counterargument: - individuality is good - combining XML fragments to create an XML vocabulary which meets the needs of a recipient -- ah, now that's the way to create XML Belief: - contracts are good - create XML Schemas and require all information exchanges adhere to that XML Schema contract. Counterargument: - infinite replication is lousy - it is not good to have every house in a neighborhood look identical, nor is it good to have every XML instance look the same. /Roger
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