> here is a direct link to the title post (rather than to an index in which the intended post might be lost) That's helpful, but I was linking to the thread in

> here is a direct link to the title post (rather than to an index in which the intended post might be lost) That's helpful, but I was linking to the thread index since that post spurred the majority of discussion in September, not just the direct responses bearing the post's title, so be sure to read all responses. In particular, I found interesting the tension between those seeing XML as a general-purpose serialization format (and wanting to simplify it further) vs those who're unhappy with XML having lost out on the web and sticking to SGML, HTML, markdown, etc. as formal document formats, a recurring topic on xml-dev.