Re: [CoreTeam]Re: [DotGNU]The shifting sands of identity

[David Sugar]

True.  While XML is great for standardizing machine parsing of open and 
describale data formats between honest vendors, it does not in itself 
prevent abuse from dishonest ones.  One could for example have binary 
data fields encoded in an XML document.  Perhaps one could also patent 
DTD's and thereby lock out fair and open document exchange yet claim to 
be using XML in an "open" manner; certainly the precidence for patenting 
file format specifications thru the US patent office had been set with 
the ASF patent.

David Nicol wrote:

> Tony Stanco wrote:
>
> > ... The Feds are standardizing on XML with
> > almost a 100% certainty.
>
>
> standardizing on "XML" is sort of like standardizing
> that speech will be done with "the mouth".