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XML Document Formats, and likely this particular issue, is the topic of a town hall meeting at XML 2005 in Atlanta next month (or this month if you get this message in the morning). If this decision interests you, please attend. If there is really an inflection point in the markets created around XML at this time, it is about the limits of XML as a standard to create interoperable formats, and the need to fully come to grips with the responsibilities format implementors have to assume. The MA decisions are an excellent example of how these responsibilities are being perceived by customers, by implementors and by the discretionary functions of governments. There is nothing new in markup. The markup specialists know this stuff. The inflection is in the understanding between governments and citizens with regards to what choices of technologies in procurements do to enable the best realization of the contract between government and the citizen. In short, what IS your tax dollar buying you? I heard one of the MA wonks say, "This is not about procurement.", but that leads me to believe he did not really understand the impact of the decision both good and bad on those he serves. This is definitely about procurement. This is the market speaking. len From: John Heinstein [mailto:jheinstein@e...] An interesting commentary on the Microsoft Office XML format and OpenDocument: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20051029212458555
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