On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Alasdair Allan wrote: > > ... > > > > I'm coming round to the position that VOTable is well-defined, > > less-is-more XML. > > I think you should post this onto the VOTable list, its certainly > addresses alot of points that got brought up in the last hundred or > so messages that are currently clogging my inbox. Norman, If you are planning to do that, you may wish to compare the message I posted expressing similar sentiments: http://www.ivoa.net/forum/votable/0418.htm this is less closely argued and less polemical than yours. Mark -- Mark Taylor Starlink Programmer Physics, Bristol University, UK [log in to unmask] +44-117-928-8776 http://www.star.bris.ac.uk/~mbt/