The XML-DEV discussion list - the open, unmoderated list supporting XML implementation and development and managed by OASIS - recently considered the burning question of whether XML is complete...or is still missing something.
Renowned XML expert Simon St. Laurent, who initiated the discussion, commented in his opening remarks that, looking at the three original aspects of XML - which he defines as syntax, linking, and styling - it looked to him like they may be close to done. "There is ongoing work on XML," he wrote, "but I think it's fair to characterize both XML 1.1 and Namespaces in XML 1.1 primarily as efforts to clean up outstanding issues (Unicode tracking, excess namespace declarations) while possibly sliding something new in (NEL, IRIs) rather than any kind of new structure or significant modification."
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