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A collection of thoughts on "plain" or "generic" XML.
W3C XML home page: <abbr title="eXtensible Markup Language">[http://www.w3.org/XML/ W3C XML]</abbr>
 
A collection of critical thoughts on "plain" or "generic" XML, why it can be considered harmful etc.


* <abbr title="eXtensible Markup Language">[http://www.w3.org/XML/ W3C XML]</abbr>
* [http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1064828134&count=1 Never send content in proprietary (XML) formats over the wire] by Ian Hickson
* [http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1064828134&count=1 Never send content in proprietary (XML) formats over the wire] by Ian Hickson
* [http://blog.davidjanes.com/mtarchives/2005_10.html#003410 David Janes on the failure of *plain XML* approaches]
* [http://blog.davidjanes.com/mtarchives/2005_10.html#003410 David Janes on the failure of *plain XML* approaches]
* [http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/01/08/No-New-XML-Languages Don’t Invent XML Languages] by Tim Bray
* [http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/01/08/No-New-XML-Languages Don’t Invent XML Languages] by Tim Bray
* [http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=146647 Which Part of "No XML" Don't You Understand?] by Guido van Rossum
* [http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=146647 Which Part of "No XML" Don't You Understand?] by Guido van Rossum
* [http://adactio.com/journal/1212/ More thoughts on portable social networks] by Jeremy Keith. In particular: <blockquote style="margin:0;padding:0"><ol><li>Publishing XML is hard, certainly harder than publishing HTML.</li><li>Out of sight is out of mind.</li></ol></blockquote>

Revision as of 09:46, 24 January 2007

Plain XML

W3C XML home page: W3C XML

A collection of critical thoughts on "plain" or "generic" XML, why it can be considered harmful etc.