Re: Why Don't 'We' Talk about XML ???

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> XML is not a binary format.  That means that human readability is a
>>> concern.  And coding conventions etc.
>> If readability were really an issue, I think XML would have been defined
>> differently.

> The design goals for XML are:
[...]

Right.  readability is only mentioned as part of

   XML documents should be human-legible and reasonably clear.

and only after

   XML shall be compatible with SGML.

so I doubt readability played a significant role in the design: most of the
"not too bad" readability comes from SGML and so does the cruft that makes
it not so hot readbility-wise.


        Stefan