B Tommie Usdin wrote:
Following this logic, it would never be legitimate for anyone every to argue not to standardize anything; if anybody wants a standard we have to have it. This makes be quite uncomfortable because there is so much pressure on so many people to adhere to every possible standard.For me it is evident that there is a need for some ad-hoc mechanism.There are ad hoc mechanisms. You want to replace the ad hoc mechanisms with a standard.
There is probably some misunderstanding here. By using word "standardize" I don't mean "put ISO/W3C/OASIS stamp on it" and force everyone to use it. I mean: "Sit down and think. We have <?foo in product A, <?bar in product B, <?other in proposal from C, ... They have the same semantics. So lets replace them with one uniform instruction <?schema. It would allow better interoperability between tools (that currently uses proprietary instructions) and users will be more happy. No one loses."
This would be sufficient from my point of view. The same way as SAX interface was "standardized".
I suppose that you live in USA, and there is probably completely different legal system in the area of standards. In my country if there is ISO standard for something there is no law saying that you must conform to it. This is valid only in some areas which are more regulated. But if you must adhere to all ISO standards that are published in some area then I can understand your resistence against new real standards.
Would you be more comfortable with some schema association proposal if it is named "informal community agreement" instead of "standard"?
Jirka
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