Re: XML conferences?

[Ken North]

Pardon the cross-posting if you're already following this discussion on Dr. Dobbs' web site: << What Ken North originally asked is if taking XML to the standards ecology is a good idea to enable contract-based work which requires citing a standard from a credible standards organization is a good idea. It is. I think the rationale for an ISO/IEC standard includes government contract rules, participation in other activities, and acceptance by the IT/ISV community. HIPAA is about healthcare transactions, but we'll see other e-commerce scenarios that involve governments that will mandate standards. There will also be domain-specific DTDs and schemas that are advanced to ISO as part of other standards. Jonathan Borden explained a recent example in this Dr. Dobb's thread: http://www.ddj.com/forums/xml/index.cgi?read=52 One of the big interests in XML is as an enabling technology for global e-commerce. The World Trade Organization already has an alliance with ISO and promotes ISO standards for trading purposes (see below). There's also the question of acceptance by ISVs and IT organizations. I still get comments such as "Is XML something we should be looking at? We use SQL because it's a standard, but we wonder whether XML is ready for prime time." World trade and ISO standards http://www.iso.ch/wtotbt/wtotbt.htm   ------ XML/edi Group Discussion List ------ Homepage http://www.XMLedi-Group.org Unsubscribe send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leave the subject and body of the message blank Questions/requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To receive only one message per day (digest format) send the following message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], (leave the subject line blank) digest xmledi-group your-email-address To join the XML/edi Group complete the form located at: http://www.xmledi-group.org/xmledigroup/mail1.htm