Mailing List Archive: XML?

XML?

Aug 7, 1997, 3:47 PM

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So, is this a good time to experiment with one of the buzzwords du jour, XML?
Anyone have any firm opinions on it? I know it's basically SGML, i.e.
wolf-in-sheep's-clothing...

But all in all, I'm very fond of the idea of using structural markup, i.e.
something with more structure than HTML.

Brian

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Re: XML? [ In reply to ]

rse at engelschall

Aug 8, 1997, 1:54 AM

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In article <3.0.3.32.19970807154751.008a62b0@localhost> you wrote:

> So, is this a good time to experiment with one of the buzzwords du jour, XML?
> Anyone have any firm opinions on it? I know it's basically SGML, i.e.
> wolf-in-sheep's-clothing...

> But all in all, I'm very fond of the idea of using structural markup, i.e.
> something with more structure than HTML.

XML can be cool when good enough parsers and backends exists. I currently
have to experience with both the language and the tools. But I'll do some
evaluation.

Ralf S. Engelschall
rse@engelschall.com
www.engelschall.com

Re: XML? [ In reply to ]

bslesins at wired

Aug 8, 1997, 10:05 AM

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One cool thing about XML is that it's possible to parse it without reading
the DTD (or even having one), so that should make it easier to write Perl
scripts to do miscellaneous things. If SGML tools could be tweaked to
support it that would be a win.

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