On: The Norway Problem

[anticristi]

You are right. XML is great for encoding the DOM. However, I didn't find it practical for interfacing with humans, due to the concerns I raised.

[sergeykish → anticristi]

It is not practical to edit plain text in binary:

    636f 756e 7472 6965 733a 0a2d 2047 420a
    2d20 4945 0a2d 2046 520a 2d20 4445 0a2d

It is not practical to edit Excel documents in plain text:

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
      xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
      xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
      xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
      xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
      <Worksheet ss:Name="Sheet1">
        <Table>
          <Row>
            <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">ID</Data></Cell>

Tim Berners-Lee browser was browser-editor. Can't you see parallels?