It appears that the government

It appears that the government wants to get in on the XML action. They are looking for information on how to use “XML applications to interoperability among command and control (C2) national security systems.” Somehow I get the feeling that interoperability is a process and culture problem and the XML magic bullet has no answers. I was particularly galled by the “submit your proposal as a Microsoft Word document in email” requirement. PDF is made for stuff like this and it works on non-Windows platforms reliably.