[webbeans-dev] Re: XML configuration format

[Dan Allen]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Jim Knutson <knutson at us.ibm.com> wrote:
> dan.j.allen at gmail.com wrote on 01/09/2009 09:09:01 PM:
>
>> > Trial "standards" are never a good
>> > idea.  That's why open source plays an important role in understanding
>> > what the industry wants prior to nailing things down in a standard.
>> >
>> > I don't think the same could be said here.  It's not a conscious effort
>> > that the platform as a whole is going to move to this XML style and just
>> > doesn't have the time.  At least not yet it isn't.
>>
>> I might be interpreting this wrong, but are you saying that extensible
>> XML authoring has not been proven in the open source world? That it
>> isn't now the defacto standard approach to XML configuration? That
>> developers are not excited about it? I think Spring, Seam, and Mule
>> all demonstrate that this is a viable approach and that people are not
>> only accepting it, but expecting it. Why would we want to hold back
>> progress?
>
> A statement was made that it was ok to "trial" the new syntax with WebBeans
> and not have the platform follow suit.  I was arguing against "trial"s of
> anything in standards and that the platform needs to move or not as a
> whole.
>
> I think there have been "trials" in open source, as it should be.  I'm
> only stating I don't want a mishmash platform of stuff.  I want integration
> and consistency.

Got it. Thanks for clarifying.

So what's the verdict? (Just trying to keep the discussion moving).

-Dan

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