Subj : XML
To   : Scott Little
From : Jan Vermeulen
Date : Sun Dec 29 2002 05:01 pm

    Quoting Scott Little on Sun 29 Dec 2002  9:45 to Jan Vermeulen:

 sl>>> Not necessarily.  XML capable Nets, Regions or Zone can issue
 sl>>> their own XML Net/Region/Zonelists, without the cooperation of
 sl>>> other Nets/Regions/Zones.
 JV>>     You will still need to send in your standard nodelist segment to
 JV>> the RC or ZC in order to get listed.

 sl> Yes, so?

    And then you get back a standard nodelist - which you will need to convert 
into XML in order you have a complete nodelist as required by policy.

 sl> Again, and again, and again: backward compatibility is a given, it
 sl> will not work any other way.  We know this.  Get over it.

    Again and once more: you will need nodelist-to-xml software, you know, that 
software they said is a PITA to code.

 sl>>> themselves out of a job as XML capable systems will 'route around
 sl>>> the damage' by organising their own distribution channels.
 JV>>     Why don't you start your xmlnet right away, if that is what you
 JV>> want?

 sl> Alternate distribution of XML nodelist segments doesn't require a
 sl> new network.

    On second thought: you're right. You just need a standard nodelist to begin 
with...


    -=<[ JV ]>=-

 
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