RE: [xml-dev] Ted Nelson's "XML is Evil"

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2004-09-28T16:29:56Z
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RE: [xml-dev] Ted Nelson's "XML is Evil"
On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 15:45, Hunsberger, Peter wrote:
> Bullard, Claude L (Len) <> writes:
> > 
> > XML is also an archive format.   That might raise an eyebrow.
> 
> I suppose so, personally, I don't expect archives to give me much in the
> way of dynamic capabilities or currency. Having said that, I am not a
> big believer in using XML as an archive format except for audit
> purposes.

I prefer it as a storage format to such as WP 5.1, 9.0 or MS Word.
It does stand a chance of being workable in 5 years time.
  The tools will change, but the investment is in the information
not the tools.

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