On 2 Sep 2006 22:26:40 GMT, John Bokma <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Big Bill <kruse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>[ XML ]
>> I think the thing with xml - I actually studied xml, whodathunkit, eh?
>> got my little certificate somewhere too - was that it was
>> intentionally barebones and that it presented the world with a
>> communications format that was infinitely malleable.
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>Yes, it's not that far from 8 bits = 1 byte :-)
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>> Totally
>> web-dependant, though, dent the infrastructure and it's blown.
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>Huh? XML can be used anywhere, it's not limited to the web.
Um... it can? Where would you use it? I don't remember that.
>> But, if
>> you believed in the original purpose of the internet, (not so much the
>> arpanet) surviving nukes etc, then maybe that made sense too. XML is
>> still very much in its infancy, it's got a long way to go yet I think.
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>I can't think of anything that can be added to XML itself :-)
In it's use, I meant. A replacement for html.
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