Re: XML-DEV motives (was Re: XML IDL and XML RPC)

James Tauber (jtauber@jtauber.com)
Sat, 26 Sep 1998 18:23:57 +0800

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From: Lars Marius Garshol <larsga@ifi.uio.no>
>* Peter Murray-Rust
>| What I think we really need for XML is an enthusiast community
>| beyond the commercial developers. There should be much more academic
>| involvement (especially grad students).

>It may comfort you to know that at least in Norway this seems to be
>happening now. Both the University of Troms=F8 and NTNU in Trondheim
>have started academic projects where students investigate XML in
>various ways.

Here at Curtin University, I already teach XML as part of my Web Site
Management course and many students are picking XML for their project in
this unit. One of my students is going to be focusing on XML as part of h=
is
Masters next year and I'm just about to embark on my PhD in this area too.

James

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