plain-xml

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.

• Never send content in proprietary (XML) formats over the wire by Ian Hickson
• David Janes on the failure of *plain XML* approaches
• Don’t Invent XML Languages by Tim Bray
• Which Part of "No XML" Don't You Understand? by Guido van Rossum
• More thoughts on portable social networks by Jeremy Keith. In particular:

  1. Publishing XML is hard, certainly harder than publishing HTML.
  2. Out of sight is out of mind.