• From: Jarle Stabell <jarle.stabell@d...>
• To: "'xml-dev@i...'" <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 02:02:07 +0100

Richard Goerwitz  wrote:
> (Simplicity _was_ one of XML's primary goals back in the dark ages last
> February.)

It seems to me that the SGML compatibility requirement killed simplicity. 
(And gave a very confusing and hard-to-learn vocabulary)

I'm hoping that ideas like the Layered Model for XML (by Simon St.Laurent) 
will be able to influence XML in a positive direction, making it simpler to 
understand, use and implement. Today it's way too hard to "fully" 
understand XML.

Cheers,
Jarle Stabell


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