Hi Folks,
Simon's paper invites us to challenge our commonly held beliefs:
Belief:
- scalable is good
- if you create an XML vocabulary and it gets
used by only a few systems, it's a failure
- an XML vocabulary that is used by thousands
is good, millions is better
Counterargument:
- individuality is good
- combining XML fragments to create an XML
vocabulary which meets the needs of a
recipient -- ah, now that's the way to create XML
Belief:
- contracts are good
- create XML Schemas and require all information
exchanges adhere to that XML Schema contract.
Counterargument:
- infinite replication is lousy
- it is not good to have every house in a neighborhood
look identical, nor is it good to have every XML
instance look the same.
/Roger
