Article:		Mapping and Markup, Part 2
Subject:		Components and Interchange
Date:		2005-01-03 10:33:44
From:		Len Bullard
"...the problems in the world do not respect the boundaries we draw between disciplines and jurisdictions" Boy howdy on that one. The problem too many ignore in standards building is the size of the legacy installed and the editor/designers don't read enough RFPs that legislate that the legacy will be carried forward. For that reason, a lot of new XML application languages start out as interchange formats. They might become the new data dictionary, but seldom in their initial form. A good example of this is GJXDM. This practice makes the design of aggregate languages quite problematic.

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