- From: Michael Kay <mhk@mhk.me.uk>
- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 00:02:59 +0100
- To: "'Michael Dyck'" <jmdyck@ibiblio.org>, <www-ql@w3.org>
"Interoperable" is W3C-speak for compatible: i.e., different implementations produce the same output when given the same input. It's a strange use of the word, but it has become institutionalised. Michael Kay > -----Original Message----- > From: www-ql-request@w3.org [mailto:www-ql-request@w3.org] On > Behalf Of Michael Dyck > Sent: 15 October 2004 18:24 > To: www-ql@w3.org > Subject: interoperable implementations of XQuery > > > Over on xml-dev, Jonathan Robie mentioned interoperable > implementations > of XQuery. > > I can understand what "interoperable implementations" means > when a spec > defines a sender+receiver, or producer+consumer, or writer+reader. But > what would it mean for two XQuery implementations to be interoperable? > > -Michael > >
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