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I actually didn't realise the spec was so young. I started using the internet around the same time as it was finalised. It's something you just assume has alway

I actually didn't realise the spec was so young. I started using the internet around the same time as it was finalised. It's something you just assume has always been there. XML has its issues and personally I am always happy when I am dealing with an API or data source and see JSON rather than XML. However, there are a lot of cool things built on top of it. RSS is an obvious one that pretty much everyone here will appreciate. GPX is another really useful one. A lot of financial reporting is now also being standardised using XML. Even derivatives trading: https://www.fpml.org/ https://www.fpml.org/

martinclayton 4y ago
I had a similar feeling. I think it's because XML relatives HTML and SGML (GML anyone?) go so much further back.
- butlerm 4y ago
  HTML was invented in 1993, which is not that much further back. GML was invented in 1969, and SGML in 1986. I guess you could say that HTML resembles GML quite a bit with the addition of angle brackets and urls. XML on the other hand is basically SGML with a number of optional features left out.