I would only say that having an xml syntax would make it easier to incorporate
facts/records into a database, as one could use an XML parser to do all the
work.  It might not be as humanly readable, but it would be machine readable,
which has advantages.

mark

"Blanchard, Todd" wrote:

> I certainly hope we're not going to see an xmlization of a perfectly good
> syntax.  I mean, which would you rather read
>
> <fact>
>         <type>recordType</type>
>         <field1>Some Value</field1>
>         <field2>Other Value</field2>
> </fact>
>
> or
>
> (recordType (field1 "Some Value")(field2 "Other Value"))
>
> Scale it up in volume and the verbosity makes spotting patterns much
> harder.
>
> Just say no to markup languages.  Its gone more than far enough.
>
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> I have an email here from a Said Tabet regarding an international
> panel being formed to develop a standard Rule Markup Language
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> thing so I am passing along their web site information:
>
>   http://www.dfki.de/ruleml
>
> I encourage anyone with a sincere interest to get involved. I am
> interested in having Jess interoperate with any such standard that is
> developed.
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