Re: [xml-dev] standards

Martha Katalina Golla said:

> I am new to XML as i started studying it only April of
> this year.  I hope someone could explain to me the
> importance of having XML standards.  Is this the same
> as Conformance in XML?

A standard is where some interested parties agree on the details
of a technology. Conformance is whether they actually do implement
those details.

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe