[oclug]standards and protocols

[Shad Young]

On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 22:00, Raymond Wood wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 08:33:05PM -0500, Shad Young imagined:
> > 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
> 
> Ugh, this sounds like one of those 'interview questions'  ;)
> 
> Anyway, I suspect the general distinction may have to do with
> the ideas of human language as distinct from machine language.
> For example, the Canadian government's CLF (Common Look and Feel)
> as contrasted with TCP/IP.
> 
> Then again, maybe whoever posed the question was driving more at
> something like SGML/XML/HTML vs. TCP/IP.
> 
> In short, I don't know either  ;)

*GRINS*

> 
> Cheers,
> Raymond
> -- 
> "You deserve to be able to cooperate openly and freely with other
> people who use software.  You deserve free software."
>  -Richard M. Stallman, Free Software Foundation, http://www.fsf.org
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