Message-ID: <3647597F.18A8D377@bellanet.org> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:07:12 -0500 From: Sam Lanfranco <mailto:SLanfranco@BELLANET.ORG> Subject: DML:XML for international Development To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
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XML is a new markup standard for networked documents, a set of custom tags similar to those used in HTML. While implementation of the new "meta-language" is in full swing by software developers, there is currently a window of opportunity for various professional groups (medical practicioners, chemists, engineers, etc.) to use XML to define their own sector-specific markup languages. The DML Initiative was formed to discuss the possibility of a Development Markup Language, or DML, for the international development community.
As it stands, DML will be a data exchange standard for information that is specific to international development, making it much easier to to share information with regional offices, partner agencies and with the public. It will also be easier to find and manage information about who is doing what, and where.
This is a global standards-setting activity which will have radical implications for development planning over the next 10-20 years. We urge all sectors of the development community to participate. Whether you belong to a multilateral, private sector, charitable, academic, or non-governmental organization, add your voice to this collaborative effort.To
find out more about the DML Initiative, visit the website hosted by Bellanet, at [http://www.bellanet.org/xml]. To join the discussion, subscribe to the DML e-mail list by sending an e-mail message to Lucie Lamoureux [mailto:llamoureux@bellanet.org], and ask to be added to the list.
____________________________________________ Bellanet: an international initiative to support collaboration in the development community
________________________________________________ Lucie Lamoureux - Outreach Program Officer Bellanet International Secretariat, c/o IDRC 250 Albert St., PO Box 8500, Ottawa, ON, K1G 3H9, Canada tel: (613) 236-6163 # 2424 fax: (613) 238-7230 email: mailto:llamoureux@bellanet.org www: http://www.bellanet.org _______________________________________________
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