Yes, John, we took that work into account. We even looked at the work of the Universal Postal Union, which, while fascinating in its own right, was of little help.
Bruce B Cox
Director, Policy and Standards Division, OCIO, USPTO
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From: John Cowan [mailto:] On Behalf Of John Cowan
Sent: 2011 September 6, Tuesday 16:14
To: Cox, Bruce
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Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Evaluation Criteria for Markup Languages
Cox, Bruce scripsit:
> As Michael said, it's a question of finding the level of abstraction
> that everyone can agree to for exchange purposes while still
> supporting the local needs of a national office. It's challenging.
Have you looked at OASIS XNAL 2.0
<http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ciq/ciq.html> for the name and address parts? It should be powerful enough for anyone.
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John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
Most languages are dramatically underdescribed, and at least one is dramatically overdescribed. Still other languages are simultaneously overdescribed and underdescribed. Welsh pertains to the third category.
--Alan King
