Re: [xml-dev] Excellent Insight on Standards Development vs Invention

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Tim Bray <>
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Rich Salz <>
Date
2004-11-13T03:59:18Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Excellent Insight on Standards Development vs Invention
On Nov 12, 2004, at 4:07 PM, Rich Salz wrote:
>> compare RSS->Atom to SGML->XML. Trying to fix the problems with RSS by
>> inventing Atom isn't analogous to fixing SGML by inventing XML, its 
>> more
>> like fixing XML 1.0 by inventing XML 1.1
>
> Oh man, that's a great quip.  Short, pointed, and basically on the 
> mark.

Obviously, I disagree.  Fortunately, if we just sit tight for a bit 
we'll get to find out who's right. -Tim