Celebrate the XML Decade

IdaAshley writes "IBM Systems Journal recently published an issue dedicated to XML's 10th anniversary. Take a look at XML application techniques, and general discussion of the technical, economic and even cultural effects of XML. Learn why XML has been successful, and what it would take for XML to continue its success."

Comments

When does a buzz word unbuzz

[cnlohfin3109]

Does this mean XML is no longer a buzz word? or is it still a way for self-important elitist 30 year old c programmers to feel superior by placing everything not used by them into a box so they can avoid change? does this make me a troll? I guess after 5 hours of applying the pumping lemma on theory of comp homework left me grumpy.

Re:Why XML was successful

[master_p]

They were people who were often not likely to know about a bracket-matching option in an editor or about code indenting, for example. But they were still legitimate users.

WTF? So just because some users couldn't figure out how to turn on parenthesis or bracket matching in their products, you ended up with the mess that is XML?

There you have it people, straight for the horse's mouth: our civilization is actually based on random poorly thought-out decisions made by a few almost-ignorant fellows.

If we take into account how lame most of the software products are, (for example: how many holes there are in C-based apps, how lame XML is, how horrible WIN32 is, how bad socket APIs are, how complex J2EE is etc), then we ought to be ashamed of ourselves as humanity...and of course with such badly designed software, the sky is not the limit...

Re:Why XML was successful

[Eivind Eklund]

XML is shitty to deal with because it separate "attributes" and "elements". Avoid attributes. They are an abomination unto Nuggan. Oh, and I'd also like back references and a simpler format - but then again, I'd end up with YAML and could just as well just ditch the XML.

Eivind.