I mostly agree, except I still like and use XML in many cases. XML Schema validation is just too useful as a first pass validation step to verify the "shape" of

I mostly agree, except I still like and use XML in many cases. XML Schema validation is just too useful as a first pass validation step to verify the "shape" of a message/document. And to me, with any decent editor with folding, it is easy to read. And very importantly, allows comments. I have never understood all the XML-hate out there...