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1/14/2002 8:00:17 AM, "Jens Jakob Andersen, PDI" <jens.jakob.andersen@p...> wrote: >1. One of the largest benefits of XML, is that is has > generated a hype wave. Absolutely, although "network effect" sounds SO much better :~) >2. XML in itself is no more advanced than CSV. I still disagree on that; hierarchical self-describing markup IS a definite advance over CSV. >3. XML is not easy. Hmmm, I'm of two minds. On one hand, the whole bloody mess of specs is a nightmare, but I really do believe that the bare essentials -- well-formed elements, attributes, text with a little help from SAX, a DOM subset, and an XPath/XSLT subset -- provides quite a bit of gain for not much pain. >5. I think that XML is still in many areas trying to find a > place to live between SGML, HTML and RPC, and not really > fullfilling any of the needs. It really is nothing but a meta-language for defining exchange protocols and document formats. It can't be expected to save the world, just provide a one-size-fits-all meta- syntax, parser, and API set. Boring, boring, boring stuff that I'd rather have XML do for me than have to think about when I'm building a web application.
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