Re: [xml-dev] James Clark: XML versus the Web

> I think the unfortunate reality right now is that XML has become
> enterprisey, and that just doesn't suit the Web.
...
>  JSON has flaws of its own,
> but it is simple.  XML will probably always have a place for me, but only at
> the shallowest layer, where it still provides the important benefits James
> lists.

Pretty much every XML spec after XML 1.0, including namespaces, was superfluous.