Subj : XML
To   : Scott Little
From : Jan Vermeulen
Date : Fri Dec 27 2002 07:05 pm

   Quoting Scott Little on Fri 27 Dec 2002 11:07 to Jan Vermeulen:

sl>  [ 24 Dec 02 23:05, Jan Vermeulen wrote to Dale Ross ]

JV>>     any other list than the NodeList can only be global if all *C's
JV>>     have the capability and the ability to build their segments in
JV>>     the 'new' format.
JV>>     Without those conditions, such a list will fail to be acceptable.

sl> Hence a top-down approach.  Those at the top will need to be the
sl> first to use the new software.  Segments submitted as SLF remain
sl> subject to SLF's limitations, but those submitted as XML won't.  As
sl> the XML software spreads among the *Cs, more of the XML nodelist
sl> will be XML native.  SLF nodes will not notice any difference,
sl> except perhaps that simple errors in listings will be
sl> auto-corrected by the translation process from SLF -> XML -> SLF.

   Ask the top if it wants to do this. It's only six people.

   Of course you will nead consencus at that level...


   -=<[ JV ]>=-


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