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Re: [DotGNU]On the importance of XML (was: [arch-users] In defense...)
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Stephen Compall |
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Re: [DotGNU]On the importance of XML (was: [arch-users] In defense...) |
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20 Aug 2003 18:50:49 -0500 |
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Norbert Bollow <address@hidden> writes:
> No, the important thing about XML is what the "X" stands for:
>
> With XML we're talking about data in such a way that data
> formats can be eXtended without breaking existing applications.
>
> This is highly significant, and worthy of being emphasized again.
Just an example of this: say you have a client and server, both
extensible with Guile. A certain enhancement logically requires
installation on both client and server, with communication over the
regular c/s protocols. You could use XML to piggyback this extra data
with the regular data, without breaking the old transmission code.
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- Re: [DotGNU]Re: [arch-users] In defense of (the idea of) having an XML-RPC api, James Michael DuPont, 2003/08/01
- [DotGNU]Re: [arch-users] In defense of (the idea of) having an XML-RPC api, Norbert Bollow, 2003/08/02
- Re: [DotGNU]Re: [arch-users] In defense of (the idea of) having an XML-RPC api, Seth Johnson, 2003/08/02
- Re: [DotGNU]Re: [arch-users] In defense of (the idea of) having an XML-RPC api, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/08/03
- Re: [DotGNU]Re: [arch-users] In defense of (the idea of) having an XML-RPC api, James Michael DuPont, 2003/08/04
- Re: [DotGNU]Re: [arch-users] In defense of (the idea of) having an XML-RPC api, Norbert Bollow, 2003/08/05
- Re: [DotGNU]Re: [arch-users] In defense of (the idea of) having an XML-RPC api, James Michael DuPont, 2003/08/05
- Re: [DotGNU]Re: [arch-users] In defense of (the idea of) having an XML-RPC api, Bradley Junk, 2003/08/05
- Re: [DotGNU]Re: [arch-users] In defense of (the idea of) having an XML-RPC api, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/08/09