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The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1798
by a soldier of Bonaparte's army. This stele, kept in the
London's British Museum, bears a text engraved in three
different writings. It allowed Champollion to decipher with
great precision the hieroglyphs that were still misunderstood
at that time
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Every day, computer scientists invent new languages
that nobody, or almost nobody, will be able to translate
XML benefit is essentially based upon adoption
of a description standard of structured information.
Yet, after a big step forward during which was laid the foundation
of a true universal code, each profession, each community, invents
its own dialect. Everyday, computer scientists develop sub-languages
in order to adapt XML to the already existing codes in each specialty:
MathML is the XML for mathematics, CNL for chemistry, AIML for
astronomy. Today, within the competitive electronic market place,
there are as many specialized XML as transactions places. But
each one of them is incapable of translating the competitors'.
Using XML must stay transparent to the user. If not, there will
be new Babel towers to rule us (refer to: Edgar
Morin).
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