Re: [xml-dev] XML timeline

[Rick Jelliffe <rjelliffe@allette.com.au>]

First half of 1980s - it all is too complex.

Second half of 1980s - let's simplify things with SGML

First half of 1990s - it is all too complex 

Second half of the 1990s - let's simplify things with HTML or XML

First half of the 2000s - it is all too complex (a.k.a. XSD)

Second half of the 2000s - let's simplify things (JSON or Markdown)

First half of the 2010s - it's all too complex

Second half of the 2010s - let's simplify things using code (GraphQL)

So in the second half of the 2010s: what technologies I been working with in the 5 years? CSV (still), SGML (still!), XML (still!), JSON (too soon to say "still?)

Shocking prediction: first half of the 2020s will be "Its all too complex".

Perhaps we need to embrace and celebrate this infinite spiral of making new babies and then throwing them out with the bathwater.

Rick

Show quoted text

Address not found

Your message wasn't delivered to xml-dev@lists.xml-dev.org because the domain lists.xml-dev.org couldn't be found. Check for typos or unnecessary spaces and try again.

The response was:

DNS Error: 80802227 DNS type 'mx' lookup of lists.xml-dev.org responded with code NXDOMAIN Domain name not found: lists.xml-dev.org

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rick Jelliffe <rjelliffe@allette.com.au>
To: xml-dev@lists.xml-dev.org
Cc: 
Bcc: 
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 20:56:28 +1000
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] XML timeline

First half of 1980s - it all is too complex.

Second half of 1980s - let's simplify things with SGML

First half of 1990s - it is all too complex 

Second half of the 1990s - let's simplify things with HTML or XML

First half of the 2000s - it is all too complex (a.k.a. XSD)

Second half of the 2000s - let's simplify things (JSON or Markdown)

First half of the 2010s - it's all too complex

Second half of the 2010s - let's simplify things using code (GraphQL)

So in the second half of the 2010s: what technologies I been working with in the 5 years? CSV (still), SGML (still!), XML (still!), JSON (too soon to say "still?)

Shocking prediction: first half of the 2020s will be "Its all too complex".

Perhaps we need to embrace and celebrate this infinite spiral of making new babies and then throwing them out with the bathwater.

Rick

On Fri, 19 Jul. 2019, 12:37 am Timothy Cook, <timothywayne.cook@gmail.com> wrote:

Does anyone know where there is a timeline openly published that depicts the development of all of the XML ecosystem components? 

Search doesn't help much since I am looking for basically a history of the XML history.

Thanks,

-- 

<div dir="ltr" class=" ----- Message truncated -----

On Fri, 19 Jul. 2019, 00:37 Timothy Cook, <timothywayne.cook@gmail.com> wrote:

Does anyone know where there is a timeline openly published that depicts the development of all of the XML ecosystem components? 

Search doesn't help much since I am looking for basically a history of the XML history.

Thanks,

--

Timothy W. Cook