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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