Tim Bray / RSS Bandit strikes again
Tim Bray, of XML co-creator fame, was
just interviewed by News.Com.
In the article, he gives a good overview of why XML was created and the possible solutions
that were available at the time. Few other things of note:
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Positive things to say about Microsoft and XML. He likes Visual Studio .NET's easy
integration with web services. I appreciate the fact that he mentions he's seen the
Office 2003 XML schemas. There's a lot of FUD out there regarding the openness of
the XML with regard to Office 2003. For those of you non-believers, start
believing.
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Apparently feels the XmlReader
API in System.Xml was a good step forward. Wait till he sees what we're doing
in Whidbey. :)
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He mentions he doesn't believe that XML could be done at the W3C today. I completely
agree. The various W3C WGs are bloated, monolithic beasts that can rarely agree that true == true
. If you don't understand how more representation can be a bad thing, go watch Star
Wars - Episodes 1 and 2. The Republic Senate == W3C.
Our very own dareo has
written an article
on revamping RSS Bandit. As always, a good read. I really like the ability to
apply stylesheets to the feeds for a custom look and feel.
