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> Not sure anyone really knows how XML happened. It’s basically the W3C’s fault, I think? Doesn't instill confidence in that content. fyi: XML was subset by W
by tannhaeuser 6y ago
> Not sure anyone really knows how XML happened. It’s basically the W3C’s fault, I think?
Doesn't instill confidence in that content.
fyi: XML was subset by W3C (the SGML "extended review board" specifically) from SGML to become the generic syntax for web vocabularies (replace HTML syntax by XTHML, and define new SVG, MathML vocabularies). Didn't work out on the web, though.
- outworlder 6y ago> Doesn't instill confidence in that content. It is pretty clear by the language used that it's all written tongue in cheek.
- jandrese 6y agoThere's also the joke that nobody wants to take the blame for inventing XML.
- GoblinSlayer 6y agoSVG did. XHTML is incompatible with traditionally lazy nature of webdev: broken markup happens regularly, XML would make it non-displayable, so HTML keeps accessibility of broken pages.