Subj : XML
To   : Scott Little
From : Jan Vermeulen
Date : Wed Jan 01 2003 05:50 pm

 sl>  [ 29 Dec 02 17:01, Jan Vermeulen wrote to Scott Little ]

 JV>>     And then you get back a standard nodelist - which you will need to
 JV>> convert into XML

 sl> True,...

    ;-))

 sl> ... but probably not in the way you think, as long as the
 sl> software is correctly written.  I can take that SLF nodelist, and
 sl> incorporate it into the XML nodelist, filling in the missing
 sl> pieces.  Only those nodes that don't have a native XML listing will
 sl> need to be converted.

 sl> This is where the alternate-distribution comes in.  If some *Cs
 sl> don't distribute XML segments, XML systems will find alternate
 sl> means by which to compile a more complete XML native nodelist, with
 sl> less converted parts.

    So far so good. You admit that a standard nodelist is needed in order to 
fill in the holes. In stead of hunting for holes, just take the whole nodelist 
and convert it to xml. Less PITA.

 JV>> in order you have a complete nodelist as required by policy.

 sl> Eh, what?  Which part of Policy 4.07 requires every node to have a
 sl> full copy of the nodelist (as issued by the IC)?

    Please do not misquote me. It's too obvious.

    What I wrote was:

 >#> And then you get back a standard nodelist - which you will need to
 >#> convert into XML in order you have a complete nodelist as required
 >#> by policy.

    You might want to read P4 a bit beyond 2.1.11 and 2.2 in order to 
understand what I really had in mind.

 JV>>     Again and once more: you will need nodelist-to-xml software, you
 JV>> know, that software they said is a PITA to code.

 sl> Users of XML or any alternate nodelists will have to accept that
 sl> there may be inaccuracies in the converted portions, such as a
 sl> system's name with a dot in it ending up in the domain name field
 sl> as well.  Such nodes can be flagged as suspicious during the
 sl> conversion, and treated with caution by XML software.

    Well, this is the first time that you admit there will be flaws; we do make 
progress, do we not?

    -=<[ JV ]>=-

 
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