>>> Stefano Mazzocchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 19-Apr-00 11:36:52 AM >>>
If I may chip in here:
Kevin wrote:
>> Then it is up to your tagging department to actually
>>implement the design using whatever tools appropriate
>>for the job.
Stefano wrote:
>Correct.
>Jon is right saying that XML is not perfect for the job today in
many
>situations. I never said the opposite. But Kevin is right when he
says
>that XML is the future.
I'm wih Jon most of the way here... to be honest I can't see much
difference between:
$substitution
or
<substitution/>
except that mr/mrs/ms balck-polo-neck has a 2 more characters to deal
with in the latter.
In practical terms that means that you will get black-polo-neck
coming to you at least 3 times a day saying:
"hey nic/stefano/kevin/jon why doesn't my page do what I told it?"
and you looking at the code and saying:
"well, mrs/mrs/ms black-polo-neck - you've forgotten the <|/|>"
[note use the OR operator there as approopriate]
and black-polo-neck replying:
"oh yeah... sorry - did I ask you that question before?"
The point is really not about this - it's about which is going to be
easier for a tool to deal with.
I absolutely disagree with (was it Kevin or Stefano?) who said that a
tool will not be built for WebMacro. Why not?
Anybody could get the source for any of the innumerable HTML editors
out there right now and add some code to support WebMacro. No problem.
That is after all the power of free software.
Of course such a tool might not take over the world, but who cares
about that if it stops the gaggle of black-polo-necks from constantly
clucking round your desk and means they can get the pages out
quicker.
Of course XML is the future but I have to say that people have been
saying that for a while now. It will happen but there's real impedance
there.
Right now XML has the following problems:
1. it isn't native in the browser which means you've got to convert
to HTML (means extra latency or a seperate compilation stage in the
build of an app)
2. it's still being developed - by cool and talented people like you
guys
3. it is not supported by enough black-polo-neck facing tools (see
1)
When these 3 are fixed or irrelevant Jon and I will both be using XML
(I'm sure). Until then we'll probably carry on hacking together stuff
with lots of different tools in lots of different ways.
Nic Ferrier
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