Hello, I just stumbled over an article by Dare Obasanjo - Microsoft's .NET XML tech lead - titled "Designing Extensible, Versionable XML Formats".
Dare writes: An XML vocabulary should be designed in such a way that the applications that process it do not break when it is inevitably changed. ... Why XML formats should be designed to be extensible. The primary benefit of allowing extensibility in a format is that it enables a format to evolve without requiring central control of the format. A secondary benefit is that it allows the format to stay focused and simple by pushing specialized or niche-use cases and complex solutions into optionally supported extensions. More @ http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/07/21/design.html and http://www.xml.com/lpt/a/2004/07/21/design.html What's your take on it? Do you think the Windows 2009/Avalon XAML format is extensible or versionable or do you think that the Windows 2009/Avalon XAML format is bound so tightly to the Windows 2009/Avalon API that it's not really a free-standing extensible and versionable XML format but just a XML dump. Any thoughts? Any comments? - Gerald ------------------- Gerald Bauer XUL Alliance | http://xul.sourceforge.net United XAML | http://xaml.sourceforge.net Interested in hiring Gerald Bauer? Yes, I'm available. If you know of an opportunity in Toronto or Vancouver, please contact me today. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ xul-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xul-talk
