From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a656ab9fb38d0ee X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-19 01:57:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news-stoc.telia.net!news-stoa.telia.net!telia.net!nntp.inet.fi!central.inet.fi!inet.fi!read3.inet.fi.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Anders Wirzenius" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: XML Mandate ? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 09:57:58 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.251.142.2 X-Complaints-To: abuse@inet.fi X-Trace: read3.inet.fi 1040291878 194.251.142.2 (Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:57:58 EET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:57:58 EET Organization: Sonera corp Internet services Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32071 Date: 2002-12-19T09:57:58+00:00 List-Id: "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:wa9M9.59321$Y86.37963@news2.central.cox.net... > It looks like a policy on how to use XML when it is used, not a mandate > on *when* it must be used. That is a common shortage in several organizations: you define a way to do something and assume it implicitely also defines the mandate to use. If your company accuires 10 copies of the Ada Reference Manual it does not mean that every programmer in the company from now on is obliged to use Ada and only Ada. Anders