[Cobolforgcc-devel] Fw: XML proposal initial input for future COBOL Standard

[William M. K. <wm...@ix...>]

FYI

"William M. Klein" <wm...@ix...> wrote in message news:...
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> For those of you interested in COBOL and XML, you might want to see an
> "initial" paper proposing full (???) XML support for a future COBOL
> Standard.  This paper may be viewed at:
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>      http://www.cobolportal.com/j4/files/03-0094.doc
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> Notice particularly the statement,
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> "This paper is based on a working implementation.
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> Since WG4 and J4 are evaluating alternative approaches for XML, I have =
not
> identified the pages on which the changes should be made, but left =
this to
> the imagination of the reader.  I am willing to develop this working =
paper
> into a formal proposal if this is the approach that is chosen."
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> As I am sending a copy of this note to IBM-MAIN, it should be noted =
that
> this is a QUITE different approach than that currently available in
> Enterprise COBOL.
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> I would think that if "you" have input on this (or another) approach =
to
XML
> support in "native" COBOL, that J4 and WG4 would be interested in it.  =
You
> can contact the J4 Chair, the WG4 convenor, and the author of this =
paper
> (all of whom are the same person) by emailing:
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>    Don.Schricker <at> microfocus.com
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> --
> Bill Klein
>  wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
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