This recent Slashdot post on “The Future of XML” made me think about Ted’s post on Java and doneness.
Personally (not speaking for my employer) XML has achieved Patriot-esque doneness (ignoring last Sunday's disappointment with the Giants).
The format and data model stabilized ages ago (at least internet-scale ages).
The standardization effort went into the errata/sustained-engineering phase years ago.
Most development platforms have moved beyond the W3C’s first (and hopefully last) attempt to define programmatic interfaces.
XQuery seems firmly implanted as a promising technology of the future.
More importantly, XML survived XSD.
Like Java (and C for that matter), XML is a stable and reliable technology that’s pretty much done being changed.
People can bet on it and know exactly what they’re going to get.
The future of XML is more of the same.
Kudos to Bray et al for building something to last.
Posted
Feb 07 2008, 08:20 PM
by
don-box