Gerard Freriks wrote: > The crux might be in the text in red. > > Everything can be made to work. > A floating boat made out of match stick. Yes it is possible, Gee they'll be making boats & bridges out of iron & steel next.
> but not the bet engineering choice. > Perhaps XML is not the best choice in all circumstances. > It is the whitworth screw thread of IT. > What about ASN.1 isn't that a good alternative? > How about the tools? > Not as ubiquitous as those for XML. > It is the difference between artisan & industrial. You can make your own bolts & your own nuts or you can go down a shop & buy a standard bolts & standard nuts where each may come from different manufacturers on different continents & yet the nut will fit the bolt. Adam ********************************************************************** This message may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies. Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform us that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your co-operation. NHSmail is used daily by over 100,000 staff in the NHS. Over a million messages are sent every day by the system. To find out why more and more NHS personnel are switching to this NHS Connecting for Health system please visit www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/nhsmail **********************************************************************
