• From: Gavin Thomas Nicol <gtn@r...>
• To: XML Developers List <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 00:09:04 -0500

> 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. 

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