Re: [oasis-member-discuss] RE: XML - What, How, Why?

Alan,

 

Understood.  

 

"Try it here" is definately something we could 
think about for the OASIS site too - I like Tim Brays old example with the 
XML text for an article, and then the CSS rendered content.  We could adapt 
that for an OASIS document - and show that.

 

And then there are RSS examples today that are easy 
to grok - like http://ebxmlforum.blogspot.com feeding 
directly into 

http://ebxmlforum.org with news items being 
feed via an RSS server - and using an easy online editing interface - no 
knowledge of XML needed.  

 

As you say so much 
of it now is invisible....

 

Thanks, DW

  
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  What, How, Why?

  

David, et al.

As a wise man once said, 
  "I feel your pain".  I use XML regularly as part of the work at Science. 
  But trying to explain the what, how, or why of XML to my colleagues is 
  incredibly difficult. The problem seems to be the abstract nature of XML, and 
  its inherent invisibility.  

The way I've gotten around this 
  obstacle is by showing examples of XML we use in day-to-day operations.  
  And I've seen more 'a-ha' reactions with these examples than with straight 
  explanations, even in the form of bullet points.

Alan 
  Kotok

http://www.technewslit.com/
Editor, 
  PublicDiplomacy.Org, 
http://www.publicdiplomacy.org/