On Thursday 08 December 2005 19:26, Leonard Rosenthol wrote: > Why does a file format/specification simply being based on XML make > it better than one that isn't? > > Let's take Metro and PDF, for example - since you mentioned both > above. >
repeat until you believe yourself, or until your toes go numb: "The Only Pattern Is MVC, And The Only Markup Is XML" We like xml because it is The Great Panacea. What else do we need? More seriously, XML is kind of handy because of all the work that has been put into working out the APIs to work with it. Every language handles XML, and XML of some type is now the lingua-franqua for data transfer. Even though there is no real practical point to a lot of the XML we throw around, the fact is that using XML cuts down the length of the development cycle and improves interoperability since it has been well thought out. Any other markup could have done that, but in the end we used XML, and now we are kind of stuck with it for now. For better or for worse. Ronan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/1U_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
