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Re: What is an XML anti-pattern?

• From: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
• To: Marcus Reichardt <u123724@gmail.com>
• Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 08:41:04 +0000

> On 14 Nov 2021, at 10:29, Marcus Reichardt <u123724@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Not so easy a question to answer in general. Personally, I'm leaning towards seeing SGML/XML as a pure document representation format, and very little else. 

If by that you mean a format for representing stuff intended primarily to be read and interpreted by human beings rather than by machines, then I disagree strongly.

Sure, there are other candidates for data interchange. But they all have weaknesses as well as strengths.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

• References:
  • What is an XML anti-pattern?
    • From: Roger L Costello <costello@mitre.org>
  • Re: What is an XML anti-pattern?
    • From: Marcus Reichardt <u123724@gmail.com>