Re: [Fwd: Re[2]: Concern with basic ebXML TRP Syntax/Semantics]

[Henry Lowe <hlowe@omg.org>]

William,

I don't mean to deprecate X12 or EDIFACT's work, but it doesn't 
have the same level of ubiquity as MIME.  If there was a X12 
implementation on as many computers as there are MIME implementations, 
there's a reasonable chance ebXML would never have been proposed.

I believe ubiquity is heavily behind choosing MIME.

Best regards,
Henry 
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At 09:54 AM 05/01/2000 -0400, William J. Kammerer wrote:
>Dick Brooks asked on April 12th: "Why should we invest a significant
>amount of time to recreate MIME as XML when the end result is something
>that is more complicated and less functional that MIME, why not simply
>use MIME? What is the advantage of being "pure XML"? Someone please
>answer this question - I'm stumped!"
>
>Ooops!!  What if I substituted "EDIFACT" or "X12" for every instance of
>"MIME" in your message?
>
>William J. Kammerer
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