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Subject: Re: [office] Possible teleconference with Burton
Holy delay batman!!! This just arrived now. D On 1/22/08 1:31 PM, "Duane Nickull" <dnickull@adobe.com> wrote: > Patrick: > > I am going to disagree with you: > > > On 1/22/08 1:19 PM, "Patrick Durusau" <patrick@durusau.net> wrote: > <SNIP/> >> Let me put it another way: >> >> Start with a source language, any source language. You want to >> standardize a target for the conversion of that source language, with >> some additional features that do not appear in the source language. >> >> Is it meaningful to standardize a target language in the absence of a >> mapping from the source language? > DN: why not? There are many standards like PDF, *.doc (various versions), > ODF, HTML, etc that can be mapped to from many constructs like code, text, > etc. Defining the target language enables those who want to convert to have > a target. It would literally be impossible to create a comprehensive > mapping to and from all formats. If someone wants to map, they have a > source format, a target format and a complete sub industry called > "Middleware" (for better or worse). >> >> If a mapping is standardized, then there is no need for an open source >> project to produce one. > DN: false. The standard and the implementation of a standard are two > different things. Having a bunch of text that explains how to map from A to > B does not physically map A to B, just provides the information. Someone > still have to build it. In fact, without the implementation to prove it > works, the theory on mapping is not proven. > >> Unless the community wanted one that was >> different from the one specified in the standard. But as I noted >> originally, there is no such mapping in the proposed standard. > > DN: I could map several things to OOXML. I can create OOXML from PDF with > Java, CPP, MXML, Actionscript and others. >> >> Hope you are having a great day! > > DN: am having a great day except for looking out my window and seeing > Cypress mountain ski resort buried under 15 feet of snow with me sitting > inside working. ;-) > > Cheers! > > Duane > >> Patrick >>> For the record, I am not an MS fan and use a Mac. >>> >>> Duane >>> >>> -- ********************************************************************** "Speaking only for myself" Senior Technical Evangelist - Adobe Systems, Inc. Blog - http://technoracle.blogspot.com Community Music - http://www.mix2r.com My Band - http://www.myspace.com/22ndcentury Adobe MAX 2008 - http://technoracle.blogspot.com/2007/08/adobe-max-2008.html **********************************************************************
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