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Re: Deja vu Again


At 05:03 AM 6/26/02 , Eliot Lear wrote:

>Here's my argument for a working group (not just a BOF):
>
>Many vendors are doing this (or planning it) already.  Brian Kantor's rule applies: 
>standards can and should document existing practices.

This is exactly why I am interested in this area.  Vendors have
proved that this is practical.  Operator interest indicates that it
is potentially useful.  The technology is new enough that the IETF 
should be able to influence how XML configuration products are 
developed.


>We're all doing it just slightly differently...

And the clincher -- both the practicality and the usefulness of an
XML configuration mechanism could be improved if we all do it the 
same way.

Margaret



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