Re: [xml-dev] Never mind the browser, let's do MicroXML

[Uche Ogbuji <uche@ogbuji.net>]

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Joe English <jenglish@flightlab.com> wrote:

Andrew Welch wrote:

> Who's asking? I stumbled across this from Henri:
> http://hsivonen.iki.fi/producing-xml/
> That highlights the problem the masses face - 19 steps to avoid being a bozo.
> Even after following that guide, what do you do - use SAX like events
> to generate the XML?
>
> The masses really need to be able to create XML by concatenating strings.
>

Hm.

I tend to think the masses need that ability
about as much as they need the ability to
create SQL queries by concatenating strings.

(That is to say: what they really need is to be
educated to Don't Do That.)

Whoa!  A Joe English appearance!  That must rate as some sort of indicator that this discussion has legs ;)

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