Re: [xml-dev] It's too late to improve XML ... lessons learned?

[Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie>]

On 03/01/2022 13:15, Ihe Onwuka wrote:
> The problem is not what web developers want for themselves, rather that
> everybody should want what web developers want. 
> In reality all this does is shift the impedance mismatch on to other
> communities that are less adept at whining about it.

Sadly, there is ample anecdotal evidence of this, and very little
empirical (that I can find).

> So now we have the asininity of JSON extensions for SQL and the
> absurdity of people who want to introduce JSON into XML information
> exchanges being taken seriously.

As with many such adventures, if they are not persuadable of a rational
viewpoint, the only proper action is to allow them to succeed or fail.

Peter