I for one appreciated the observation that if you're using XML for something that isn't a document, you're probably doing it wrong. I recall (perhaps inaccurat

I for one appreciated the observation that if you're using XML for something that isn't a document, you're probably doing it wrong. I recall (perhaps inaccurately) seeing that notion somewhere in http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/ http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/ and it was at once a shock yet seemed so obvious. Might have been in something else esr wrote, but I've always considered that one to be his masterpiece.