> That's my point. XML 1.0 is a cleaned-up, > simplified > version of SGML and it took off like wildfire. > > Conclusio: It's better to start with a simple core > and then add on to it using real-world experience > instead of using a big-bang approach that supposedly > solves everything from the start. Exactly :), it's a good approach you can see perhaps in all new standards. THere is defined simple core and clean mechanism for extensions (and for identification of their presence/support). You can see it in examples SGML vs. XML, DAP vs. LDAP, ... . After all it follows principle of Occam's razor :), allowing us to avoid overmatching. I only hope this approach will be even more wide-spread. __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btofferReceived on Tuesday, 15 April 2003 02:33:04 GMT
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