I have nothing to contest in this statement, but my point was not about
how far XML has gotten, but about the trend going forward. This feels
like a wonderful toast to past success, but says very little about new
adoptions.
COBOL was an amazing advance in its time as well...
Thanks,
Simon St.Laurent
http://simonstl.com/
Jim Tivy wrote:
> Well, I apologize for no hard data here but feel free to contest what I
> say then I will try to find some data:
>
> XML is a leading open content format and is a leading open data format.
> The key term is "open" - which herein means there are lots of tools, it
> has an exchange format (text) and it is backed by a number of open
> standards that flesh it out in many dimensions.
>
> As an open format XML has gone further than any other such format in the
> history of computing.
>
> There are other important open data standards - CSV in the past and now
> JSON as well as SGML. None of these have seen the breadth of
> application and number of adoptions as XML (measured in kilograms).
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Simon St.Laurent
http://simonstl.com/
