47 messages in org.xml.lists.xml-devRe: [xml-dev] Ted Nelson's "XML is Evil"| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Sergio J. Rodriguez M. | Sep 27, 2004 7:07 pm | |
| Liam Quin | Sep 27, 2004 7:53 pm | |
| Eric van der Vlist | Sep 27, 2004 11:00 pm | |
| Bullard, Claude L (Len) | Sep 28, 2004 7:04 am | |
| Hunsberger, Peter | Sep 28, 2004 7:19 am | |
| Bullard, Claude L (Len) | Sep 28, 2004 7:31 am | |
| Hunsberger, Peter | Sep 28, 2004 7:45 am | |
| Bullard, Claude L (Len) | Sep 28, 2004 8:09 am | |
| Jonathan Robie | Sep 28, 2004 9:01 am | |
| Bullard, Claude L (Len) | Sep 28, 2004 9:11 am | |
| Bullard, Claude L (Len) | Sep 28, 2004 9:28 am | |
| Dave Pawson | Sep 28, 2004 9:29 am | |
| Michael Kay | Sep 28, 2004 9:37 am | |
| Hunsberger, Peter | Sep 28, 2004 9:43 am | |
| Hunsberger, Peter | Sep 28, 2004 9:57 am | |
| Micah Dubinko | Sep 28, 2004 9:57 am | |
| Michael Kay | Sep 28, 2004 10:32 am | |
| James Landrum | Sep 28, 2004 10:33 am | |
| Hunsberger, Peter | Sep 28, 2004 10:46 am | |
| Jonathan Robie | Sep 28, 2004 12:22 pm | |
| Seth Johnson | Sep 28, 2004 12:55 pm | |
| Michael Kay | Sep 28, 2004 1:31 pm | |
| Bullard, Claude L (Len) | Sep 28, 2004 1:34 pm | |
| Hunsberger, Peter | Sep 28, 2004 1:59 pm | |
| Jonathan Robie | Sep 28, 2004 2:15 pm | |
| Bullard, Claude L (Len) | Sep 28, 2004 2:26 pm | |
| Hunsberger, Peter | Sep 28, 2004 2:43 pm | |
| Jonathan Robie | Sep 28, 2004 2:46 pm | |
| Michael Kay | Sep 28, 2004 3:45 pm | |
| Rick Marshall | Sep 28, 2004 4:04 pm | |
| Gavin Thomas Nicol | Sep 28, 2004 9:05 pm | |
| Gavin Thomas Nicol | Sep 28, 2004 9:52 pm | |
| Gavin Thomas Nicol | Sep 28, 2004 9:56 pm | |
| Michael Kay | Sep 29, 2004 2:00 am | |
| Sergio J. Rodriguez M. | Sep 29, 2004 9:50 am | |
| Dave Pawson | Sep 29, 2004 9:54 am | |
| Michael Kay | Sep 29, 2004 10:41 am | |
| Rick Marshall | Sep 29, 2004 4:03 pm | |
| Kirkham, Pete (UK) | Sep 30, 2004 1:43 am | |
| Bullard, Claude L (Len) | Sep 30, 2004 6:00 am | |
| Michael Kay | Sep 30, 2004 8:13 am | |
| Bullard, Claude L (Len) | Sep 30, 2004 8:26 am | |
| Tim Bray | Sep 30, 2004 5:30 pm | |
| Gavin Thomas Nicol | Sep 30, 2004 9:40 pm | |
| James Landrum | Oct 1, 2004 9:50 am | |
| Hunsberger, Peter | Oct 1, 2004 2:10 pm | |
| Bullard, Claude L (Len) | Oct 1, 2004 2:22 pm |
| Subject: | Re: [xml-dev] Ted Nelson's "XML is Evil" | |
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| From: | Rick Marshall (rj...@zenucom.com) | |
| Date: | Sep 28, 2004 4:04:14 pm | |
| List: | org.xml.lists.xml-dev | |
Michael Kay wrote:
Not to say it's a bad archive format, just to say that I don't see why it stands the test of long term usability necessarily better than any other format.
Mainly because of design goals 4 and 6, which few other candidate formats have either stated, or achieved:
4: it shall be easy to write programs which process XML documents
6: XML documents should be human legible and reasonably clear
These two goals (and XML's success in achieving them) enable the data to outlive the current generation of software used to process it.
and they have to be stored on a medium that is long term accessible. i have lots of stuff on floppy disks, tapes, etc that, while archived, is for intents and purposes inaccessible without a trip to the computer museum. the format is only part of the issue.
for all their faults stone, metal, paper, vinyl, etc have fanastic long term archive properties.
Admittedly, they do require the designers of the particular vocabulary to share the same philosophy.
Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/
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