Note that I didn't say Jess's rule language will be replaced by an XML
version, but that Jess would interoperate with any such
standard. Basically this means that translators would exist, and, if
appropriate, hooks would be added to integrate the translators in some
way.
Markup languages are misused whenever they ae used in a situation
where they are presented as-is to a human. On the other hand, they're
an excellent way of defining shared concepts. It would certainly be
nice to be able to take your existing ILOG rulebase (for example) and
use it with Jess (for example) unchanged, through translation via an
intermediate XML representation. That's the kind of thing this
initiative will enable.
I think Blanchard, Todd wrote:
> I certainly hope we're not going to see an xmlization of a perfectly good
> syntax. I mean, which would you rather read
>
> <fact>
> <type>recordType</type>
> <field1>Some Value</field1>
> <field2>Other Value</field2>
> </fact>
>
> or
>
> (recordType (field1 "Some Value")(field2 "Other Value"))
>
> Scale it up in volume and the verbosity makes spotting patterns much
> harder.
>
> Just say no to markup languages. Its gone more than far enough.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have an email here from a Said Tabet regarding an international
> panel being formed to develop a standard Rule Markup Language
> (RuleML.) I know many of you have expressed an interest in such a
> thing so I am passing along their web site information:
>
> http://www.dfki.de/ruleml
>
> I encourage anyone with a sincere interest to get involved. I am
> interested in having Jess interoperate with any such standard that is
> developed.
>
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