• From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
• To: "xml-dev@l..." <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:22:37 -0500

Hi Folks,

In one sentence, what is the single most important lesson that has been learned from using XML over the last decade?

Here's my take:

   Tasks of greater complexity may be accomplished
   by distilling out and isolating "what is" knowledge
   (in contrast with "how to" knowledge) and 
   expressing "what is" knowledge in a declarative syntax 
   that can be queried, manipulated, and exchanged by 
   machines.

/Roger

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