Category talk:XML-based standards

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I've placed the {cleancat} template. My concerns:

  • Far too many pages in category
  • Subjects of many types grouped together, could be subcategorised:
    • Standards *about* XML
    • Standards which happen to be expressed *in* XML
    • Standards for individual uses of XML (XSL, etc...)

Stevage 15:46, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea to me. Qazzian 14:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

It seems this Category is redundant with "Category:XML" and should simply be superceded by that category. As for the un-grouping of subtopics, there are already some existing subgroups (xml based programming languages, xml-based user interface languages, xml based template languages etc ... on the "Category:XML" page).

The problem is that the word "Standards" is not sufficiently precise to distinguish anything meaningful in this context. Anything that qualifies for a legitimate wikipedia XML-related article is *by definition* a "standard" (or at least a proposed standard) otherwise it's not noteworthy enough to merit an article.

Here is a specific proposal for subcategorization under "Category:XML"

  • XML Specification (aka "about XML")
    • XML Syntax
    • XML Alternatives
    • XML Extensions
    • (whatever else)
  • XML Languages (aka "in XML")
    • XML Programming languages
    • XML User interface languages
    • XML Data serialzation formats
    • XML Template Languages
    • (whatever else)
  • XML Initiatives (aka "substantially related to XML")
    • (whatever people are doing that relies on xml)
  • XML-related (aka "miscellaneous XML")
  • XML-(something else left out?)
    • XML-foo
    • XML-bar

(NOTE: because XML is variously described as both a "syntax" and "a group of languages" there is necessarily going to be overlap and multiple interpretations that will defy a clear and universally acceptable categorization. Therefore, the primary objective should be to resolve the problem with the use of the word "standards" and proceed from there) Dreftymac 15:53, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

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