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> I remember the SGML and ASN wars over a decade ago but > had no personal involvements. I do remember some smart > folks at the time in the SGML camp saying that ASN was > a well-conceived technology but overbuilt for the documentation > market. Is is an XML Schema language? Sure. And? > > It seems to me that XML took the market because: > > 1. Simpler. > 2. Smelled like HTML. > 3. Had a ready made market from the SGML community. > 4. Smelled like HTML. > 5. Had the W3C to bless it.... eventually. > 6. Had the SGML community's experience with hypermedia > gained during the CALS era. > 7. Smelled like HTML. > > There may be others. Like 0. XML parser @ $0.00 vs. ASN.1 parser @ $50,000.00 The other reasons are completely irrelevant. Michael Kay
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