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From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>
To: Mike.Champion@S..., xml-dev@l...
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 12:34:36 -0500

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Yes. By all means, yes.

But remember that in most cases, all the standards organizations guarantee

is a process and ratification by nation members. One may usefully inquire as

to the value of ratification by such a body.

Len

http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard

Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti.
Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike.Champion@S... [mailto:Mike.Champion@S...]
So, the W3C is a reasonable "R&D Lab for the Internet" where competitors get together to sort out where they want to compete, and where they want to work in tandem; this is a "good thing" because this provides end-users with a rough, sketch of what they can expect to buy, what they will have to build, and what components they can reasonably expect to interoperate in a rapidly changing world. It is NOT a reasonable standards organization, as this example illustrates all too clearly. W3C Recommendations are a common *starting* point on the road to truly robust standards.

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