At 10:29 AM -0400 7/16/02, Mike Champion wrote:


> You wouldn't want to elaborate on that would you?  That would seem to
> have some fairly deep implications for a lot of OO design patterns ...
> Is there something about XML that makes it particularly inappropriate
> for interfaces rather than classes?
> 

Yes, there is. I'll be happy to elaborate on it on 9/17, but until 
then I'm not quite ready, so you'll have to wait. :-)

> I wish I had plans / could afford to be in New York on 9/17!
> 
> 

I'll also be talking about this at a BOF at SD East in Boston in 
November, if you can be there.
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