Re: [xml-dev] Xml is _not_ selfdescribing
by Jonathan Robie other posts by this author
Jan 15 2002 2:27PM messages near this date
RE: [xml-dev] Xml is _not_ selfdescribing
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Re: [xml-dev] Xml is _not_ selfdescribing
At 02:52 PM 1/15/2002 +0100, Jens Jakob Andersen, PDI wrote:
> Hello all
>
> I think that it is fair to conclude now, that XML is _not_ any more
> selfdescribing than e.g. CSV files.
>
> Sometimes I see that we move very close to becoming guilty of "Xtreme
> Marketing Language (XML)".
You think this has meaning? Romantics!
Mere structure's the goal of our antics.
Though this poem be pallid,
It's well-formed and valid -
We do not define the semantics!
Jonathan
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