• To: "Bullard, Claude L \(Len\)" <clbullar@i...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: You call that a standard?
• From: "Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@m...>
• Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 08:42:26 -0700
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• Thread-topic: You call that a standard?

I believe that article is available in a more accessible form at http://www.tdan.com/i016hy01.htm 
 
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From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:clbullar@i...]
Sent: Thu 5/6/2004 7:50 AM
To: xml-dev@l...
Subject: RE:  You call that a standard?



http://www.ncb.ernet.in/education/modules/dbms/SQL99/issqlarealstandardanymo
re.pdf

Note:

"What Makes a Standard a Standard?

Simple. Not implementation, but conformance. And, conformance is "known"
only after
conformance testing. Then and only then can users know with any degree of
certainty that a vendor's
product conforms to a standard."

len

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