RE: Why XML is perferable

[graham . travers]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wang Xianzhu [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 9:13 AM
> To:   ietf
> Subject:      Why XML is perferable
> 
> > 
> > Well it worked fine for 2800+ documents and how many today ?
> 3060+ today, with many ugly figures in '-', '_', 'o', '/', '\' chars,
> which
> is very difficult to read.  In XML, you can even search for figures if 
> we develop unified Internet/flowchart/etc DTDs.
> 
        Yes, fine  - if you happen to like messy diagrams; are not Chinese,
Japanese, Korean, Arabic, .......


> > BTW, I hate to pay for ITU documents what are supposed to be public (I
> > still
> > remember the years old discussion when they ceased to exist available
> > for anon ftp)
> 
> I hate ITU too. :)
> 
        Nice to see some reasoned argument for a change !

> > 
> > Regards
> > Jorge.
> > 
> > 
> Regards,
> Wang Xianzhu
>