Re: XML+RPC vs BCP70 , <?xml?> processing tag abuse?

[Daniel Veillard <veillard@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:23:09AM -0500, Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote:
> 
> 
> Short version: This is a very bad idea.
> 
> Medium version: see 
> http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/effectivexml/chapters/14.html
> 
> Long version: Read Effective XML.
> 
> This proposal violates many principles of good XML design, even such 
> basic principles as well-formedness. This proposal is fundamentally 
> flawed, and cannot be fixed. It is damaging to XML-RPC. It is 
> damaging to XML.
> 
> Boiled down, what this proposal says is you do not want to use XML 
> for RPC calls. That's fine--XML is not the solution to all 
> problems--but please don't call your new syntax XML, and honestly I'd 
> much prefer it if you didn't make it look anything like XML so as to 
> avoid the inevitable confusion among users.

  +1

 thanks !

Daniel

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