- From: KenNorth <KenNorth@email.msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:18:03 -0800
- To: "Mark Birbeck" <Mark.Birbeck@iedigital.net>, <xml-dev@xml.org>, <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
> When I asked why they weren't using ODBC > they said that it wasn't yet a standard. It's true, at that time it > wasn't (I'm not saying it is now! Just widely used.) ISO updated the SQL-92 standard in 1995 by adding a call level interface. ODBC 3.0 and higher aligns with that international standard (SQL/CLI). For details: "Understanding ODBC 3.0 and Standards" http://www.dbmsmag.com/9604d53.html Interesting comparison: 1. SQL and SGML were developed at IBM before becoming international (ISO) standards. 2. ODBC was an extension by Microsoft to the work of a consortium (SQL Access Group). The consortium became part of a larger consortium (The Open Group) that updated the spec and submitted it to the standards process. It became an international standard. 3. XML is derived from an ISO standard and the spec is published by a consortium. At what point will XML be submitted to the ISO standards process? ================== Ken North ============================= See you at Java Developer Conference (London, March 13-15, 2000) www.javadevcon.com XML One (Austin, March 29-31, 2000) www.xmlconference.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Ken_North ===========================================================
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