Re: iCalendar as an XML DTD

[Chris Newman <Chris.Newman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
> Doesn't mean it's a good idea.
> XML is a complex tool, and has yet to prove its value in a real-life
> situation, no matter how much the press says about it; "in vogue" and
> "useful" are not necessarily overlapping categories.
> 
> ...
> 
> It does not seem to me that CALSCH needs to join the queue of willing
> volunteers for trying out XML for various purposes.

I concur with Harald on this point.

In addition to being unproven in the field, XML is about an order of
magnitude more complex than the format CALSCH uses. I'm also not happy
with the idea of basing open-standard work like CALSCH on closed-standard
work like XML.  XML repeated a number of design errors I've seen made in
various IETF work over the years and it's annoying to be stuck with such
design errors again. 

		- Chris