[The following statement is somewhat heretical on this mailing list, but
that's never stopped me before ;)]
> Adobe hires smart people, they know that MS Xaml/Metro is their immediate
> threat, but I'm sure they are also wondering how to reconcile flash/pdf
> with svg/fo. In the end they have to know XML wins, so there is little
> incentive to abandon svg, though they may be tempted to adapt it ala Xaml.
> Any which way XML makes it an open world from a developer's point of view.
>
Why does a file format/specification simply being based on XML make
it better than one that isn't?
Let's take Metro and PDF, for example - since you mentioned both
above.
Metro/XPS is a published (open?) specification from Microsoft that
just happens to be based on XML. However, it is controlled by MSFT, though
they have SUGGESTED publication by OASIS - which is different than
acceptance via a standards-body process.
PDF is a published (open?) specification originally from Adobe that
is not based on XML. However, PDF has been adopted as the basis for a
series of standards from the International Standards Organization (ISO)
including ISO 15930, PDF/X and ISO 19005, PDF/A. That makes it TOTALLY
OPEN and INTERNATIONALLY approved.
What more do you want?
Leonard
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