Subj : XML
To   : Bill Birrell
From : Jan Vermeulen
Date : Fri Dec 20 2002 02:54 am

   Quoting Bill Birrell on Tue 17 Dec 2002  0:24 to Jan Vermeulen:

bb>     It seems to me that Fido is nearing the end of its
bb> useful life, and that the job of writing new nodelist compilers and
bb> editors that would use XML instead of ASCII is probably not worth
bb> undertaking.

   It is even dangerous. Kind of euthanasy for the older members.

bb>     On the other hand it would be a relatively simple matter to
bb> write a utility that would convert the current nodelist to HTML or
bb> XML in much the same way as present nodelist compilers produce
bb> human readable lists now. This might satisfy Micael Bulow's needs.
bb> (Shouldn't there be an umlaut on the U?).

bb>     Have I missed or misunderstood anything important?

   You set a frame that we should use. Only they tell us that there is a
problem when working towards XML and not start from it.

   To me it looks like going from London to Penzance via Edinburg.


   -=<[ JV ]>=-


* Origin: The Poor Man's Workstation -- Wormerveer NL (2:280/100)

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