Archive for October, 2007

Why XML is Bad for Humans

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
XML is everywhere these days. It is used for passing data around, for specifying metadata and even as a programming language for tools such as Ant and Jetty. When XML is generated by various development and run-time tools (e.g., for serializing Java objects into SOAP), its complexity and readability don't matter much since humans [...]