- From: Micah Dubinko <micah@dubinko.info>
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:03:40 -0700
- To: Robert Bateman <bobbateman@sequoiallc.com>
- CC: XForms mailing list <www-forms@w3.org>
Robert Bateman wrote: >There's something in this discussion that struck a nerve... Aren't we >putting ourselves into a situation where we are taking a controlled >environment and opening ourselves up to trouble? > > I wrote about this recently--I call it practicalism vs. elegantism. Extensions that don't interoperate are clearly on the practical side (I have a client asking for this. Something needs to be done immediately.) Once the problem space is understood enough, elegantists can come in and devise a system that is both general (and elegant) and covers specific needed cases. I think in the XSLT 1.0 world EXSLT has done a great job of this. So, there is a better way. I notice that there is a exforms.org as well, though not terribly active (so far!). I would love to see more activity here. But meanwhile, I need to figure out this directory picker situation. :) Thanks, .micah -- Available for consulting. XForms, web forms, information overload. Micah Dubinko mailto:micah@dubinko.info Brain Attic, L.L.C. http://brainattic.info Yahoo IM: mdubinko +1 623 298 5172 Learn XForms today: http://xformsinstitute.com
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