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   Re: [xml-dev] Xml is _not_ selfdescribing

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Hi Jens

Jens Jakob Andersen, PDI wrote:

> 
> I think that it is fair to conclude now, that XML is _not_ any more selfdescribing than e.g. CSV files.
> 

I think it is fair to conclude that you are trolling, since you appear 
to have ignored the evidence of Al Snell and Mark Seabourne 
regarding the many ways in which XML is more self-describing than CSV - 
and they describe experiences which I've also had.


> Sometimes I see that we move very close to becoming guilty of "Xtreme Marketing Language (XML)".
> 
Ah well - no argument on *that*. 


Francis.





 

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