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Re: RE: James Clark: XML versus the Web

• From: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
• To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
• Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:07:48 +0000

> Precisely. The point is to enable XML with existing and well-understood
> technologies, to gain penetration with the widest audience possible and
> allow for the re-use of broadly understood technologies. XSLT is
> impenetrable to the average web developer.
>

Actually, CSS is impenetrable to the average web developer, but it has 
the great virtue that you can get a lot of value from it without 
penetrating it. Of course, the more features you add to CSS, the more 
you put that property at risk.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

• References:
  • Re: RE: James Clark: XML versus the Web
    • From: Ben Trafford <ben@prodigal.ca>
  • RE: RE: James Clark: XML versus the Web
    • From: "David Lee" <dlee@calldei.com>
  • Re: RE: James Clark: XML versus the Web
    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
  • Re: RE: James Clark: XML versus the Web
    • From: Ben Trafford <ben@prodigal.ca>