- From: len bullard <cbullard@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Sat, 08 Feb 1997 20:23:57 -0600
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
Paul Prescod wrote: > > To sum up: I think it would be nice and useful if we could send catalogs over the > web in a reliable way, as Panorama does. But I think it is crucial that I be > allowed to use them on my computer, or in my organization in the way I want > to, without violating the XML specification. Yes. But Lee has a very valid point: proof. There is a middle way. No implementations of XML exist. HTML/HTTP got a leg up by the presence of libWWW. Sure, not too many browser vendors would use libWWW now, but it did show how it could be done, and that it could be done. While the specification should not be a blueprint for implementation, a reference implementation can be. This is the course I think the consortium members should consider. Further, the work should begin now BEFORE there are several implementations claiming hegemony by colonization. This has become a very hot topic in VRML now, and unfortunately, as VRML is in the 2.0 stage, it is harder to establish a common practice. There are also very difficult problems with the 3D animation and rendering features that will delay acceptance of any proposed reference implementation submitted by a vendor. If we have learned nothing else, surely we now understand the persuasiveness of "running code". It tests 1.0. Those tests point the way to 2.0. And so it goes. Len Bullard Lockheed Martin
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