RE: Proposed restatement of syntax-based interoperability princip le ( was RE: Action item on syntax-based interoperability)

Yeah.  It separates the living from the dead if your 
CAD system can't dispatch on it correctly to a 
mobile unit that isn't manufactured by the same vendor.

Don't bet your kid's life on syntax, Chris.

len

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Lilley [mailto:chris@w3.org]

On Saturday, October 25, 2003, 5:41:54 PM, Claude wrote:


BCLL> Portable data.  Inteoperable systems.  A priori agreements 
BCLL> about types even if informal.  HTML works because it is 
BCLL> bloody obvious even to a script kiddie what a <p> is

Yeah, its a paragraph separator, right?

BCLL> but
BCLL> someone has to tell you what <eventID>0100</eventID> is.