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Sometimes I think I'm in the minority of those who believe XML is still usable and elegant. I use XML on a daily basis and I too pick and choose. For example, I still use DTDs but I am a huge fan of XSLT, SAX, and the DOM. I will move to XSD some day, just as soon as my toolset supports it. XML has evolved and I think it has done so necessarily. Is the DOM API easy to implement? XSLT? No and no. I'm not sure what "ease of implementation" means, but if you want to go out and write yourself a robust XML parser, you must have a lot of time on your hands. From a user's perspective, all sorts of high quality, free tools are abundant, which makes "implementing" XML, by which I mean simply using XML in one way or another, a breeze. The tools are there, just use them. If you don't like namespaces, don't use them (I don't). If you don't like attributes, avoid them. etc. XML has to be the most flexible technology I have ever used, and unfortunetely, any flexible tool can become a noose. Thus there will always be complaints about how XML has become unwieldy, and likewise there will always be those who use the technology simply because it solves a real problem. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David E. Cleary" <davec@p...> To: <xml-dev@l...> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 7:24 PM Subject: Re: almost four years ago.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Williams, David" <DAVID.WILLIAMS@c...> > I was just reading some of the old articles on xml.com's features list, and came across: > "XML has been designed for maximum expressive power, maximum teachability, and maximum ease of implementation." > -Oct'97 John Bosak article (off of xml.com) > > Are all three still true? I think they are all still _potentially_ true... Are the current manifestations of XML living up to this statement, though? You are free to choose the tools and APIs yopu want with absolutly zero change in how that XML document you recieved looks. Unless you need features above and beyond what was in XML 1.0 such as rich datatypes, there is no additional complexity added.
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