XML and the US Congress

[Michael Sokolov]

On 4/22/2012 4:02 PM, daniela florescu wrote:
> MIchael,
>
> while XML isn't obviously the panacea for the world's evil, I don't think anybody can deny the fact that a uniform use
> of XML through the IT layers would allow MUCH more information to flow among participants.
>
> And that can be golden in many circumstances...
>
> Best
> Dana
>
Oh I completely agree.  A standardized XML format (is it NEIM?) will be 
far more useful in many ways than mere PDFs, I'm sure.  I just think 
it's a bit funny how the effort required from the information 
*providers* tends to get glossed over.  I don't really know much about 
the adoption of this standard - I just know that starting from PDF, 
generating useful XML is a nontrivial task.

-Mike