Re: [xml-dev] What is an XML anti-pattern?

> On 14 Nov 2021, at 10:29, Marcus Reichardt <> wrote:
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> Not so easy a question to answer in general. Personally, I'm leaning towards seeing SGML/XML as a pure document representation format, and very little else. 

If by that you mean a format for representing stuff intended primarily to be read and interpreted by human beings rather than by machines, then I disagree strongly.

Sure, there are other candidates for data interchange. But they all have weaknesses as well as strengths.

Michael Kay
Saxonica