XML: Hype vs. Hope

• XML: Hype vs. Hope
• Ten Promises of XML
• A simplified SGML that mere mortals can use
• Grade: A+
• The "Desperate Perl Hacker" can write an XML parser in a weekend
• Grade: B
• Allow readers to display information the way they want it
• Grade: C+
• Replace proprietary extensions to HTML
• Grade: B
• Media-independent electronic publishing
• Grade: B
• Better stylesheets than CSS
• Grade: B+
• Enable electronic commerce
• Grade: A
• Better linking than <a href="...">
• Grade: D
• Focus on information rather than presentation
• Grade: B
• Add semantics to the web through metadata
• Grade: F
• Final Grade: ????
• B and Rising
• Questions?
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