My working principle is this: start simple because it will get more
complex before you know it.
TomP
On 12/21/2016 4:36 PM, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Is XML 1.0 a simple data format language, or a dumbed down data format
> language?
>
> Is JSON a simple data format language, or a dumbed down data format
> language?
>
> Is XML Schema 1.0 a simple schema language, or a dumbed down schema
> language?
>
> Is XSLT 1.0 a simple XML scripting language, or a dumbed down XML
> scripting language?
>
> Is simplicity good (because it makes languages and notations accessible
> to the masses), or does simplicity merely lower the collective
> intelligence of the planet?
>
> Do richer, more expressive, more complex languages and notations elevate
> the collective intelligence of the planet, or do they merely form
> priesthoods?
>
> Should the role of standards organizations be to create simple standards
> to make them accessible to the masses, or should standards organizations
> invite the masses to stretch to new intellectual heights?
>
> /Roger
>
