Call for standards: EPROM/cal editing software

Paul Blackmore paul_blackmore at xtra.co.nz
Sun Nov 5 23:25:12 GMT 2000


You're right, verbosity is a valid critisism of XML.
And I agree it is probably over the top for what is actually needed. :)

Cheers
Paul

Peter Gargano wrote:

> Paul Blackmore wrote:
> >
> >  ... It would be extensible, portable, human readable and above all ...
>
> I think the "problem" with XML is that, while it may be human readable
(just),
> it's not human editable without some tool. And I think it's totally over
the
> top in terms of being verbose. This verbosity almost guarantees that
no-one
> will make any sense out of it without an editor.
>
> Okay, in itself, this may not be a serious criticism, but I'd like a
standard
> that is simple for a human to read and edit. And I think that it's
possible
> without "resorting" to XML.


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