PUBLIC MARKS from bader with tag xml

If you’re going to be designing a new XML language, first of all, consider not doing it. But if you really have to, this piece discusses the problems you’re apt to face and offers some advice on improving your chances of success.

Neither Easy Nor Fun · Designing XML Languages is hard. It’s boring, political, time-consuming, unglamorous, irritating work. It always takes longer than you think it will, and when you’re finished, there’s always this feeling that you could have done more or should have done less or got some detail essentially wrong. ¶