Altova Mailing List Archives>Archive Index >xml-dev Archive Home >Recent entries >Thread Prev - Re: [xml-dev] Why XML for Messaging? >Thread Next - Re: [xml-dev] Why XML for Messaging? RE: [xml-dev] Why XML for Messaging?To: "'Jonathan Robie'" <jonathan.robie@----------.--->, "'Bullard, Claude L \(Len\)'" <len.bullard@----------.---> Date: 6/2/2005 2:48:00 AM > We use XML for messaging so we can stop talking about what > format to use whenever we want to exchange something. Precisely. I've seen this in action many times. Before XML, people (an example was the CDIF standards activity) spent months or years arguing about syntax. Now such groups agree the syntax (XML) at their first meeting, and get on with the added-value work, which is agreeing the semantics. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ | ||||||
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