Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 18:37:06 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Zoidberg <dr.zoidberg@telia.com>, "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com>, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: languages Message-ID: <3E471052.CB6742DB@mindspring.com> References: <200302072309.AA423166622@altima.net> <15940.38588.692767.171995@guru.mired.org> <3E44980B.20607@ameritech.net> <15940.39707.55965.640089@guru.mired.org> <3E4521B8.5000504@potentialtech.com> <15941.20500.925676.52788@guru.mired.org> <3E45A4D4.1080702@potentialtech.com> <wq8ywqb2dj.ywq@localhost.localdomain> <xzpy94p632c.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <002101c2d04f$27db1c20$be00a8c0@buddha> <xzpsmuxqq46.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > "Zoidberg" <dr.zoidberg@telia.com> writes: > > says who? > > > > XML = Extensible Markup Language > > All right, show me where in the XML 1.0 specification the > interpretation of the following snippet of XML described: I think DES is saying that it has to have a grammar, not just a syntax, in order to be a language. ;^). FWIW, what XML *really* is turns out to be "data conforming to the SGML DTD for XML". And "an invention by IBM engineers to work around not being able to move data through a hole in a firewall, without six months of paperwork to get the hole approved". In practical terms, with the sole exception of the financial community, who, for any acceptable-to-them data marked up with XML that DES could post, would be able to point to a standards body ratified standard for a data dictionary that could be used to translate the XML into other record formats (for the financial community, XML is minimally a record format, and occasionally a file format). Can we now go on to argue about whether X Servers are "servers" or not, and whether or not "Internal Revenue Service" is actually a "service", and whether or not "technical support" is neither "technical" nor supportive", yet again? Thanks, -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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