[oclug]standards and protocols

[Shad Young]

On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 22:37, Reid Gravelle wrote:
> Hey Shad,
> 
> How about this?  A content standard describes the data that's being transmitted while the protocol is how it's transferred.
> 
> Reid.
> 

Excellent answer. This of course begs the next question, is HTML a
protocol or a content standard? XML?

Shad

> 
> On 20 Jan 2003 20:33:05 -0500
> Shad Young <shad.young at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> > I was asked to clarify in a simple way the difference between a content
> > standard and a protocol. I have to say I stumbled.
> > 
> > Anybody?
> > 
> > Shad
> > -- 
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