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• 8 Reasons why XML Sucks (130)
  Author: Jakob Jenkov and Kasper Graversen, 15/07/08
  Keywords: XML
  
  Abstract: I was once a believer in XML. Until I started working with it, that is. Now my enthusiasm has faded away - replaced by - well - bitterness or something like that.
  
  "When this text writes "I" it could be either Jakob or Kasper speaking. If you have comments about a specific statement (if you have further questions or arguments etc.), contact us via email. You can find an email address at http://jenkov.com/about/index.html
  
  "I was once a believer in XML. Until I started working with it, that is. Now my enthusiasm has faded away - replaced by - well - bitterness or something like that. I just don't like it anymore. This text lists a series of problems developers encounter when working with XML.
  
• The original XML Sucks posts (127)
  Author: Glenn Reid, Inventor. Founder/CEO of Five Across, Inc. Creator of iMovie and iPhoto at Apple. Veteran of Adobe Systems, the desktop publishing revolution, NeXT computers.
  
  Abstract:XMLSucks
  
  "I have designed, and parsed, quite a large number of file formats over my 20-year career, everything from line-oriented formats like troff, to Scribe, SGML, MML, etc. I designed Adobe's PPD and EPS file formats 18 years ago or so. iMovie's project format. iPhoto's albumlist (which in fact is in XML format). Dozens of little things in between.
  
  
  "Many of the file formats I've designed have been in use for over a decade. Most have been through multiple revision levels and are backward- and forward-compatible (you can read an iMovie 4 project into iMovie 1, though it obviously won't understand and preserve all of what's in there).
  
  
  "The whole reason I've established this site is to call attention to the Emporer's New File Format and spark a conversation about information design. XML is not a good file format, yet it is widely used. Let's come up with something better.
  
  He's absolutely right, and he has the "programming chops" to make his opinions worth considering.