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XML Co-Creator says XML Is Too Hard For Programmers
orangerobot writes "Tim Bray, one of the co-authors of the original XML 1.0 specification has a new entry on his website explaining why he's been feeling unsatisified lately with XML and says his last experience writing code for handling XML was 'irritating, time-consuming, and error-prone.' XML has always a divided response among the technical community. The anti-XML community has several sites stating their positions."
The problem is that a vocal minority either haven't taken the time to understand how XML works, or aren't trying to use it appropriately.
I'm not saying XML as it is today is perfect, but it's broadened my skill as a web developer and has allowed me to help my company do things it was only imagining 2 years ago.
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In SOVIET RUSSIA, XML standardizes YOU!! Let's bomb the french! Anyway, XML is for loosers!
XML was never intended to be a replacement for HTML or anything else.
XML is fundamentally very simple and easy to understand. It is only DOM and other such atrocities that make it hideous. DOM is a prime example of how to make a technology designed for simplicity and flexibility and turn it into a hideous morass.
I am not a lawyer but my sister is, so don't mess with me
First, you forgot to quote your attributes, so what you specified is not well-formed XML. Second, most people would argue that you should not be putting 'real' data in attributes, but rather in elements.