What could possibly cause Web devs to hate XML? I thought the statement was rather strong at first but after reading this Weblog post, I began to understand their main point. Chris Anderson is not working to be fussy, he is bringing up some legitimate concerns.

It seems the big fuss surrounds the belief that Web devs do not appreciate uses for XML outside of data use. I think they are going to find that they are going to have to get used to it personally, but that is just my opinion.

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Chris promises to offend everyone (see title of the session)

Chris disagrees with Tim. Chris says that the data is what is important… not the actual markup.

Tim Bray compares the .Net API versus XML (CLR Type vs. loose types).

XML is the intregation framework (the apps are important).

Don Box asks “aren’t all apps integration.” Don is playing devils advocate. Technorati doesn’t have a lot of code… it’s mostly data. Tim Ewald has also joined into the discussion as well.