Re: The good, the bad, and the ugly

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:04:28 +0200, mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> wrote:

>This can be done with any document format, even msword.doc or rtf.

XML is not a format, it is a set of guidelines for making formats.

>XML had some advantages over other formats to start with which
>brought it acceptance:

It is more fashionable.

>simplicity (as compared to SGML), familiarity to HTML, easy to read,
>early managed standardisation. Now the broad acceptance in itself is
>a major reason to use it.

Or a major reason for looking for a decent profession :(

Regards Received on Mon Sep 27 2004 - 14:23:32 CEST