- From: Deborah McGuinness <dlm@KSL.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 13:29:04 -0700
- To: webont <www-webont-wg@w3.org>
since i sent one of these, i am sending the opposing view that was just circulated. i will not send another one but wanted to balance the last one. April 5, 2002 GAO urges government to adopt XML programming language From National Journal's Technology Daily The General Accounting Office on Friday recommended that the director of the Office of Management and Budget, in concert with the Federal CIO Council and National Institute for Standards and Technology, take steps to expedite the federal government's adoption of Extensible Markup Language (XML). XML is a flexible, nonproprietary set of standards designed to facilitate the exchange of information between disparate computer systems. Requested by Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., the report, "Electronic Government: Challenges to Effective Adoption of the Extensible Markup Language," (GAO-02-327) assessed the overall development of XML standards to determine if they are ready for government-wide use. The report also pinpointed challenges faced by the federal government in optimizing XML to promote information sharing and system interoperability. The report calls for private-sector input on the implementation and development of a plan for expanding the CIO Council's XML efforts into a government-wide resource. -- Deborah L. McGuinness Knowledge Systems Laboratory Gates Computer Science Building, 2A Room 241 Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-9020 email: dlm@ksl.stanford.edu URL: http://ksl.stanford.edu/people/dlm/index.html (voice) 650 723 9770 (stanford fax) 650 725 5850 (computer fax) 801 705 0941
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