Re: Off-Topic: Question about closing of W3C XML Working Groups

James Fuller <jim@webcomposite.com> writes:
> If you have not had the pleasure and are able - I would highly recc.
> coming to XML Prague if you want to meet up with ~200 practitioners of
> the black arts ... attendees come from a broad range of domains - you
> will not be bored and I guarantee you will meet like minded folks or
> at least people who challenge your ideas on the status quo of general
> computing, it is a conference about markup that goes far beyond markup
> itself.

Yup. Come to XML Prague. Definitely. Worth the trip. A bit of a hike
from the other side of the pond but easy to reach from within Europe,
reasonably priced, and enthusiastically hospitable.

> time/money/people/popularity. I agree with Norm's observations though
> I will note (w/o bitterness) that the WG work on XML Processor
> Profiles delayed initial work on XProc itself. With hindsight I

Indeed. I somehow neglected to mention the politics of standards work,
didn’t I?

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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Norman Walsh
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MarkLogic Corporation
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