Re: OTA Tag name rules

[Alan Kotok <akotok@disa.org>]

Sam:

Thanks for your note.  Just from my lurking, it appears Scott Hinkelman has 
competently passed on any lessons from the OTA experience.  We had a very 
specific business objective to meet, while the ebXML teams have a much more 
comprehensive goal.

But since you ask ... keep your sense of humor (or humour if you 
prefer).  Its amazing what you can accomplish if you're having fun and 
don't take yourself too seriously.

Alan Kotok
Director, Education and Information Resources
Data Interchange Standards Association
akotok@disa.org
+1 703-518-4174
** DISA's E-Business and Internet Conference, 7-9 March 2001, in San Francisco.
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At 03:16 PM 9/29/00 -0700, Sam Hunting wrote:
> > But before you say 'Yech' (as I believe one of your colleagues commented
>so
> > vividly), consider this:  OTA has become the acknowledged leader in moving
> > the travel industry to XML.  See the recent article in Computerworld,
> > http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV65-665_STO51231,00.html
>as
> > evidence.  I only hope other industries accept ebXML to this extent.
>
>Congrats, good work, and thanks for the good wishes. Do you have any lessons
>learned that this group can take away, with particular focus on the
>implications of DTD design for software developers?
>
>Again, I am new to the group, so feel free to simply direct me to any
>previous discussions rather than answer at length.)
>
>S.