dan.j.allen@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.

Thanks,
Jim Knutson
WebSphere J2EE Architect