Re: [webbeans-dev] Re: XML configuration format

dan.j.allen(a)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.