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XML, standards and Interop
In article <2g5kdt84h55orvtp9bbbhcalv36lq6ciue@4ax.com>, Simon Fell
<soap@zaks.demon.co.uk> writes
>Thanks Mark, i was aware of the RDF list, just joined that last week.
>I'll take a look at the IETF stuff, but based on past experience (with
>vCalendar), no one implements these specs fully, e.g. vCalendar would
>be great if anyone implemented the optional parts (or even implemented
>the non-optional parts properly), the same for iCalendar from what
>i've seen. This is a pity because it only leaves us with proprietary
>expensive solutions like Inteli-sync (for desktop PIM import / sync)
ISTM that Interop should be a required part of any XML standards
process. If a standard is more or less accepted but all the
implementations are poor, it's not exactly a standard, is it.
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