I agree too. Mxml has been around for sometime but it is specific to certain PMCs and is more a file format like Yaml.
I wonder more about how we classify projects and project product based on whether or not the system consists of components and/or a service. Language makes more sense for describing components. But this a different discussion. Best, Dave Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 7, 2023, at 7:52 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I agree with Sebb, MXML is an XML _vocabulary_. > > Gary > >> On Thu, Sep 7, 2023, 9:55 AM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 7 Sept 2023 at 13:36, Andrew Wetmore <cottag...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Apache Royale uses significant numbers of MXML files in applications. Is >>> that sufficiently different from XML that we should add it? >> >> AFAICT MXML is a domain-specific superset of XML. >> I don't think that deserves a separate language category. >> >>> < >> https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail >>> >>> Virus-free.www.avast.com >>> < >> https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail >>> >>> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 8:31 AM Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> ODBC and JDBC are APIs, not languages, I hope we can all agree on that. >>>> >>>> The "L" in XML and SQL stand for Language, so... ;-) >>>> >>>> Gary >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 7, 2023, 7:24 AM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> There are currently a few project DOAPs which use languages not in >> the >>>>> current valid list. >>>>> >>>>> These are: >>>>> >>>>> BASH/Bash >>>>> Freemarker >>>>> Haxe >>>>> JDBC >>>>> ODBC >>>>> SQL >>>>> XML >>>>> >>>>> Whilst we could add Bash, we might then need to add all the other >>>>> Shell languages. >>>>> Freemarker is a templating language; could be added >>>>> Haxe is a valid language; could perhaps be added >>>>> JDBC and ODBC are not languages; I think they should be dropped from >>>>> the classification. >>>>> SQL and XML can perhaps be considered languages >>>>> >>>>> WDYT? >>>>> >>>>> Sebb >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Andrew Wetmore >>> >>> Editor, Moose House Publications <https://moosehousepress.com/> >>> Editor-Writer, The Apache Software Foundation <https://apache.org/> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
