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A standard that doesn't enable parts of the solution to evolve or option isn't attractive to a systems integrator or developer. We see examples of XML-enabled vocabularies that in their codes are explicitly calling out other standards which are either not current or not the only option. In a global marketplace, convergence is a rare event. A good example is location standards in cross-product with geospatial descriptors. The geographic descriptors may be using OGC standards such as the Geographic Markup Language (GML). The location standard common in America is WS84, but in Australia it is GDA94. If a third standard that includes both requirements chooses the American common descriptors over the Australian, and chooses to use homebrew descriptors for geographic elements over say, GML, then at this point, a global vendor has no choice but to gut the standard with variants. One prefers to do this using an acceptable version indicator or even by extension, but it will be done regardless of the intent of the committees. So when asking the question, are customers interested in technologies that solve problems, one more often than not hears an enthusiastic 'Yes', but wherever there are more than one way to solve the problem, local preferences choose and the vendor has to do what is right for the business (before an ethics flame war starts, be sure to look up fiduciary duty and the law). So standard means to optionalize after the fact of standardization are very desirable because otherwise, contracts have to be written that fix obligations away from said standards, and the contracts prevail. len (just call me Dapple) From: G. Ken Holman [mailto:gkholman@C...] Will any vendors on this list comment on whether the standardized nature of these problem-solving technologies will interest them in providing solutions? Will any users on this list comment on whether they will approach their vendors with interest in these new technologies that solve new problems? Am I optimistic? A good markup friend called me Quixotic.
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