This is an interesting quote from Nate Zelnick along the lines of what you guys are
talking about:
http://www.webdeveloper.com/xml/xml_120298.html
...
Eventually, when all of the ancillary services and pieces of the full XML framework
are finished, approved by their respective standards bodies and consortia, Allaire's
Simeon Simeonov thinks that WDDX will be superceded by a completely XML native
solution. In the meantime, though, WDDX provides a way for many developers to
experiment with some of the opportunities that XML opens up without having to wait and
without having to make expensive investments in new frameworks based on unfinished
specifications.
...
At 09:37 PM 10/5/00 +0100, Ben Lowndes wrote:
>Great writing there, Brett. I entirely agree with your explanation.
>
>I was very concerned at getting involved in XML as it seems linked with so
>many other technologies (or acronyms!) that it's hard to know where to
>start.
>
>Now that I've written my first XML app I can now see many opportunities to
>exploit it in other applications and you can bet when I move on to my next
>project I'll be bearing in mind its extensibility ;-)
>
>I also agree that to truly realise some of the more advanced features of XML
>you have to go to a lower level of abstraction than CF can handle at this
>time, so I look forward to CF5 and Java (even though I know no Java
>whatsoever).
>
>I think it's a shame that Allaire gave up on WDDX. Sure it's got it's place
>in the CF community, but it could of been so much more. When was wddx.org
>last updated????
>
>Ben.
>
>p.s thanks for your help on CF-Community.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brett Suwyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 05 October 2000 18:04
>To: Fusebox
>Subject: RE: XML / XSL editor / CFX / COM object
>
>
>Where to start....
>
>| XML itself is a scheme for data *storage*. Who cares about how the
>| data is stored?
>
>XML is also serves as transmission format, which allows data to be shared
>between applications/platforms. It provides a standard middle tier that is
>VERY powerful.
><snip>
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