Re: Open Standards Processes (WAS Re: Nesting XML based languages and scripting languages)

David Megginson (ak117@freenet.carleton.ca)
Fri, 24 Apr 1998 07:22:57 -0400


Len Bullard writer:

> >This is an old gripe of mine about the XML process as conducted by
> >this effort. It is not open. That has troubled me from the
> >beginning because it is an open effort to replace an open
> >standard, SGML, with a closed standard, XML. It is a horrible
> >precedent even if a successful one.

Frank Boumphrey writes:

> Bravo!! Well said!!!

Can I download a free copy of the ISO 8879:1986 spec?

All the best,

David

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