I've done a bit of xml encoding myself, more custom schemas than TEI but I've dabbled in TEI a little too. I think xml is wonderful as an encoding language for

I've done a bit of xml encoding myself, more custom schemas than TEI but I've dabbled in TEI a little too. I think xml is wonderful as an encoding language for text, and can't see anything else replacing it in the near future - unless someone comes up with a really extensible, and easy to use wysiwyg editor. I think the lack of available open source processors is a pain. I remember doing a college assignment and getting really frustrated because my xslt wouldn't produce what I expected - it turns out the Home Edition of Saxon didn't implement this. I wonder Saxon's better implementations being closed source hurt the spread of XSLT and Xquery at a crucial time?