>From the E-groups discussion on ISO 8601. Maybe an IT specialist in the group could help here. Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aron Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: dinsdag 2 januari 2001 23:49 Subject: [ISO8601] Volunteers for XML.com article on ISO 8601? > XML is rapidly becoming of the 'hottest things since sliced bread' > (in this USA resident's vernacular). For instance, Microsoft is > basing its next generation Internet strategy on a set of technologies > with XML at their core. > > Many XML standards also make reference to ISO 8601 date and time > formats. As such, XML currently represents perhaps the most most > promising avenue through which ISO 8601 formats might become widely > used worldwide on a day-to-day basis for storage, programming, and > display of dates and times, as opposed to merely being formally > adopted by standards bodies. > > I recently wrote to the editors of O'Reilly's widely-visited XML > portal Web site, XML.com <URL:http://www.xml.com/>, asking whether > they might be interested in publishing an introductory article on ISO > 8601 for the XML community: > > > Would you be open to the idea of publishing an article, on XML.com > >or in another appropriate O'Reilly online publication, on ISO 8601, > >the International time and date standard which seems to often be > >incorporated these days into various XML-related standards? As just > >one example, the XML Schema candidate recommendation uses ISO > >8601-style dates and times for its date-related datatypes. > > > > If so, I'll ask around on eGroups' ISO 8601-related list, in which > >I'm a participant, to see if anyone there might be interested in > >preparing an article draft for XML.com. There are several long-time > >advocates of this standard who might be interested in introducing > >this standard and describing the benefits of its use to the large > >and rapidly growing XML community. > > Today, XML.com's editor, Edd Dumbill, replied: > > >Yes, I'd definitely be interested in an article on ISO 8601. An > >abstract would be a good starting point. > > So ... would you be interested in volunteering to write (or > collaborate on the writing of) this abstract, then an article? > > I'd be pleased to hand off this endeavor to anyone who wishes to > shepherd it to completion, but would also be very willing to help > coordinate and/or co-author. In other words, I'd like to see this > happen and am offering time and effort to help ensure that it does. > > Best wishes, > > Aron Roberts Workstation Software Support Group . 221 Evans Hall > University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3808 USA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . +1 510-642-5974 . fax 510-643-5385 > > > ISO8601 Community email addresses: > Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > URL : http://www.onelist.com/community/ISO8601 > >
