Re: [xml-dev] What is beautiful XML?

[Geert Bormans <geert@gbormans.telenet.be>]

not sure

{?xml version="1.0"?}

{foo}some content{/foo}

I fail to see the beauty in that

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Van: "Ihe Onwuka" <ihe.onwuka@gmail.com>
Aan: "Roger L. Costello" <costello@mitre.org>
Cc: "xml-dev" <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Verzonden: Woensdag 28 februari 2018 21:49:20
Onderwerp: Re: [xml-dev] What is beautiful XML?

xml that has curves instead of angled brackets.....oops thats JSON.

On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 1:04 PM, Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org> wrote:

Hi Folks,

What do you mean by ‘beautiful XML’?

Perhaps you mean something analogous to this:

A question I’d asked senior scientists when in college: “What do you mean by ‘beautiful’?” Replies had varied, but a synopsis had crystallized: “Beautiful science enables us to explain a lot with a little.” Schrodinger’s equation, which describes how quantum systems evolve, fits on one line. [1]

Is beautiful XML that which says a lot with a little? If so, would you provide an example, please?

If that’s not what you mean by ‘beautiful XML,’ then what do you mean?

/Roger

http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2018/01/29/guest-post-nicole-yunger-halpern-on-what-makes-extraordinary-science-extraordinary/