Debate Emerges About the Nature and Need for XML 2.0
Given the fact that XML is just now coming into its own in the world of enterprise applications, it may strike some folks odd that there is now a debate on about the need for some kind of XML 2.0 project.
Some developers are starting to ask for an XML specification that is less draconian in its strcuture so that it might actually become easier to build enterprise application based on XML and all its derivatives. Of course, there's another set of people who just say that enought developers havn't taken the time to appreciate the pure beauty of XML and now is not the time to start confusing people with new specifications.
Either way you cut it, XML has been an over night success that has been 10 plus years in the making. As such some of things that were assumed to be required in the 1990s might be worth another look today -- Michael Vizard
