Re: [school-discuss] EduML/EML/ and others

[Matt Jezorek <matt@bluelinux.org>]

On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Les Richardson wrote:

> When you have this kind of thing, you usually have a "model"
> implementation. I would say "Write the app and make it work. Get it
> used." Then Model the markup.
> 
> Anything else I would say is premature...
> 

I would disagree, by writing the app to "model" the markup so to speaou 
leave alot to be desired. Is it truly able to be extended to other 
applications, does your one application truly show everything you want in 
the schema. In other words lets say you create a grade book. You use XML 
to do so you are creating EduML or some variation. Now you have this 
application and you begin working with it and blah blah blah. Now it comes 
time to model the data. Now all you have modeled with your application is 
the grading process and data. Well there is more to the proposed EDU XML 
then just grading or anything that one application can take into account 
for. Also you have developers who don't like to do non-standard work, so 
they will "just wait till there is a standard". I believe that if you sit 
down and abstract it get an idea of where you want to take it before you 
write any code then you are ahead of the game. 

Maybe its because I dont have a Computer Science Degree that I think this 
way. But I am a firm believe in knowing the way before you right the code. 
A lot of the "bad code" is written by people who dont know where they are 
going with the application. 

I am rambling. But I feel that it is time to get up and be heard, its time 
to do the work, and stop the dream. You know I understand dreams are good 
but what good is a dream if you dont work towards it with full force?

Sorry for the ramble


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Matt Jezorek 
Executive Director / Founder 
Blue Linux Group, Inc 
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