Great summary! XML really isn't a bad format, it just gets bad mouthed by everyone who thinks it's a bitch to author -- and I agree, it is. But just don't autho

Great summary! XML really isn't a bad format, it just gets bad mouthed by everyone who thinks it's a bitch to author -- and I agree, it is. But just don't author it by hand then. JSON or YAML of any reasonable length is also terrible to author by hand, yet you lose out on so many of the benefits of XML. And for what, better "hello world" samples?