On: XML Sucks (a.k.a. Why S-expressions Are Better)

[_csoo]

Something like that, yes, but attributes (a (@ (href /path))...) are ugly in particular.

So use :named attributes instead?

  (a :href "/path" ...)

[mojuba → _csoo]

Nice indeed, but how about attribute names that themselves contain colons, or maybe start with a colon? XML/HTML is less restrictive in this regard: all that matters basically is spaces and '=' inside a tag.

[_csoo → mojuba]

Replace the colon with a dash in your attribute names. Easy solution.