RE: [xml-dev] "Introducing MicroXML, Part 1: Explore the basicprinciples

[David Lee <dlee@calldei.com>]

> A W3C community group would be a fine place to discuss requirements and
> use cases and get a draft hammered out. Or maybe I'm biased there :)
> 
> Liam
> 
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I agree !
 
But ... to test the water, while I am technically interested I step and ask myself  "Why MicroXML?"
Is there really such a dearth of full XML processors that MicroXML has value over simply coding to simpler XML by convention ?
Noone is making you use the full (and ugly?) breath of XML in your documents - and (IMHO) Unlike SGML, there is a *plethora* of full XML parsers and processors available,
yea even in the Browser.

So ... partially as devil's advocate, but also to question why put so much effort into a new standard if simply ad-hoc subsetting of the one we have would suffice
"Why not just use XML ?"  Or for that matter, JSON.  What is the value add of a *new* standard.


-David