This underscores something I find quite tragic: SGML and XML actually seem like really great formats in that original "technical documents" space. It feels like

This underscores something I find quite tragic: SGML and XML actually seem like really great formats in that original "technical documents" space. It feels like it was when XML got pushed into the "data structures" and "config file" use cases that its reach exceeded its grasp and it lost the mandate of heaven.