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Why markup languages matter


Simon St. Laurent: Data structures don't usually have quite the same need for constant flexibility as programs in flux, but far too much effort has been spent describing how XML lets people standardize their information exchange structures without taking note of the flexible process XML provides for getting there. [via Sean McGrath]

If anything, I feel that SSL underestimates understates the need for evolution and flexibility in data structures.