KREYCHE, MICHAEL wrote:
> ... It will take a little time to agree on what the
> changes should be and by then we should be firmly in an XML mindset, not
> necessarily MARCXML--which is really just plain old MARC written in a
> different hand; to my eye, in a trendy colored ink with a lot of extra
> flourishes.
>
While this is most probably right, what ideas, concepts, models,
prototypes are there for a better implementation?
Frankly, I'm still sure XML will eventually wither away because
of its ugly bulk and its ensuing clumsyness. There _must_ be better
ways of handling things, more elegant ways. In the long run,
elegance must win. Standards, however, tend to make the run towards
elegance longer rather than shorter.
B.Eversberg
Received on Mon Aug 27 2007 - 02:32:31 EDT