Re: Nonproprietary file format for storing data in a relational database

From: Dawn M. Wolthuis <dwolt_at_tincat-group.comREMOVE>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:09:53 -0500
Message-ID: <ckun38$5gm$1@news.netins.net>

"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message news:Q1ycd.275390$3l3.258359_at_attbi_s03...
> "Christopher Browne" <cbbrowne_at_acm.org> wrote in message
news:2te8trF1vk9lvU2_at_uni-berlin.de...
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> > Vis-a-vis XML:
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> > 1. The standard is the property of the W3 Consortium, and therefore
> > is necessarily proprietary.
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> The problem with the work of the w3c isn't so much control of the
> spec as it is that they suck.

Please explain. I've sat on the sidelines and watched, but without knowing all of the rules of the game. Is it the procedures that suck, the politics, or something else? Thanks. --dawn

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> Marshall
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