Re: Why so many standards?

[Bill de hÓra <bill@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Asbjørn Ulsberg wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 02:56:42 +0100, Bill de hÓra <bill@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I've yet to be convinced that XML is a suitable technology for 
> > packaging  non-XML content, quite the opposite. If you're talking 
> > about using Atom  for applications other than blogging, sure.
>
>
> I agree that XML isn't suited to package non-XML, but having both 
> headers  and body in XML is a great advantage. 

Yes, although if both header and body are in XML the matter of 
packaging non-XML doesn't arise, other then perhaps parsing overhead 
and ensuring wellformedness on the creator's side.

cheers
Bill