*> From owner-ietf-outbound(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org Sat Feb 24 06:15:16 2001
*> To: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
*> Subject: Re: Why XML is perferable
*> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 21:51:56 +0800 (CST)
*> From: jag(_at_)kw(_dot_)com(_dot_)cn (Jun'an Gao)
*> X-Loop: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
*>
*> > *> well-known, but some RFCs such as those on OSPF may be much
*> > *> more vivid if written in XML. There have been quite a few
*>
*>
*> > Vivid? We are talking about deeply complex technical documents
*> > here, not MTV. What do you mean, "vivid"?
*>
*> Maybe, we can display, say, an example of routing information flow,
*> vividly. Putting a hyperlink to a GIF animation in the XML document
*> would works. No MTV required. And I believe it will help the
*> programmers/protocol implementors.
*>
*>
*> Sincerely,
*> Jun-an Gao.
*>
*>
Surely you jest. Animated GIF? How did you get through school without
having your algebra dance on a screen? We can color the independent
variables red, the functions green, and ...
The serious protocol implementors I know construct their own private
"gif"s on whiteboards and in their heads, and they get by without
animation. Sheesh.
Bob Braden