Also, makes life easier through its support of better, predictable data structures. Remember, the Y2K problem is a data standards problem. In April 1999, Validator will have been available just over one year. For example, despite repeated contact effort on our part, our product was never reviewed or evaluated by the DOD data administration or system architecture organizations. Validator is the third of three commercial products to have failed in this niche.
Developers are key.
The concept of data standards, and Validator as a tool, can only succeed in the hands of developers. That is because they are the ones who create and change metadata. Unfortunately, they almost never have the responsibility of maintaining interoperability and enterprise level quality. We very much designed Validator to support a developer's interest, such as instant validity and standards checking. However, we are not aware of a single developer who expressed interest in a metadata standards tool as one that may belong in the development toolkit.