> We like xml because it is The Great Panacea. What else do we need?
>
I agree that XML is a wonderful thing...I spend lots of time in XML
myself (and have for almost 10 years now).
I do not, however, consider it "the great panacea". There are many
things for which it is NOT a good solution.
For example:
* It doesn't make a good RASTER IMAGE data format. (could you see a grammar
with a value per pixel? ;)
* It doesn't make a good packaging solution. (which is why ZIP is used in
conjunction)
> 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.
>
I agree that the APIs are wonderful and access from any language is
great - but I can also use a screwdriver for a numerous purposes that it
wasn't originally intended.
My point is simple - use XML for what it was intended to be...human
(and computer) readable structured data. Don't try to shoe horn everything
into XML - it's not going to fit :(.
Leonard
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