RE: [xml-dev] The triples datamodel -- was Re: [xml-dev] Semantic Web permathread, iteration n+1

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RE: [xml-dev] The triples datamodel -- was Re: [xml-dev] Semantic Web permathread, iteration n+1
> IMHO, XML's biggest mistake was to make validation optional.
> 

I sense a general law here. For every successful technology T, T's biggest
mistake was the feature that made T successful.

For example, Java's biggest mistake was trying to make the language
compatible with C. 

Michael Kay