alcinnz
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Despite rumours, #XML, #invisibleXML ( #iXML) #XSLT, #XQuery all very much alive. They solve real problems and meet people’s needs.
native XSLT in the browser might go away. So applications like https://wendellpiez.github.io/PellucidLiterature/Amsel/amsel.scholia.xmll might stop working (made by Wendell Piez) which is sad but won’t affect large corporations and their revenue.
There is still no standard way to mark up a poem in HTML. No business case for it. But you can do it in XML with the #TEI.
Despite rumours, #XML, #invisibleXML ( #iXML) #XSLT, #XQuery all very much alive. They solve real problems and meet people’s needs.
native XSLT in the browser might go away. So applications like https://wendellpiez.github.io/PellucidLiterature/Amsel/amsel.scholia.xmll might stop working (made by Wendell Piez) which is sad but won’t affect large corporations and their revenue.
There is still no standard way to mark up a poem in HTML. No business case for it. But you can do it in XML with the #TEI.
Federico Mena Quintero
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i thought i would scare away any browser people 😄 😄 :-)
Two pumpkins at night - a happy face, and another with the letters X, M, ,L. Because XML makes me happy.
Four carved pumpkins in a row;l the nearest has the letters X M L carved into it, lit up from a candle inside.
calvin 🛋️
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i thought i would scare away any browser people 😄 😄 :-)
Two pumpkins at night - a happy face, and another with the letters X, M, ,L. Because XML makes me happy.
Four carved pumpkins in a row;l the nearest has the letters X M L carved into it, lit up from a candle inside.
i thought i would scare away any browser people 😄 😄 :-)
Two pumpkins at night - a happy face, and another with the letters X, M, ,L. Because XML makes me happy.
Four carved pumpkins in a row;l the nearest has the letters X M L carved into it, lit up from a candle inside.
alcinnz
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#XML people!
How do we communicate the idea that declarative markup is a good idea? Declarative markup is where you identify what is there, not what it does.
For an internal memo, for an insurance letter to a client, how much matters? Well, the insurance company has to be able to search the letters for specific information for 10, 20, 40, 100 years. What word processor did you use 40 years ago? Wordstar? Magic Wand? Ventura?
#XML people!
How do we communicate the idea that declarative markup is a good idea? Declarative markup is where you identify what is there, not what it does.
For an internal memo, for an insurance letter to a client, how much matters? Well, the insurance company has to be able to search the letters for specific information for 10, 20, 40, 100 years. What word processor did you use 40 years ago? Wordstar? Magic Wand? Ventura?
alcinnz
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Someone asked me last week why anyone would use XML today.
But for what XML was designed for, where the documents are more important than the application, there is nothing better.
Someone asked me last week why anyone would use XML today.
But for what XML was designed for, where the documents are more important than the application, there is nothing better.
alcinnz
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One thing I like about XML, and in particular, that XML introduced is —
XML introduced a notation for self-closing (i.e., void) tags.
I.e., the trailing slash
For example:
<img src="..." />
(Note the "/>" at the end of the tag.)
...
From the point of view or someone writing a parser, I liked this convention.
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I think this would have also been a great UX for custom HTML elements, too. As it would make it so wouldn't have to always include a closing tag.
One thing I like about XML, and in particular, that XML introduced is —
XML introduced a notation for self-closing (i.e., void) tags.
I.e., the trailing slash
For example:
<img src="..." />
(Note the "/>" at the end of the tag.)
...
From the point of view or someone writing a parser, I liked this convention.
...
I think this would have also been a great UX for custom HTML elements, too. As it would make it so wouldn't have to always include a closing tag.
jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
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"Working in the Nazi Bar"
https://linguacelta.com/blog/2025/09/Summer.html
A blog post about #linguistics, #XML, and the ethics of some of the people we call colleagues.
(It has religious fundamentalism, political intrigue, and academic misconduct. Probably not quite what you were expecting from lingustics and markup technologies!)
"Working in the Nazi Bar"
https://linguacelta.com/blog/2025/09/Summer.html
A blog post about #linguistics, #XML, and the ethics of some of the people we call colleagues.
(It has religious fundamentalism, political intrigue, and academic misconduct. Probably not quite what you were expecting from lingustics and markup technologies!)
alcinnz
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ajuvo ✔
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🛠️ Wir suchen Personen mit Kenntnissen in #XML -Technologien, NocoDB oder #python die Lust und Spaß daran haben, die Inhalte unserer Lektionen für @thecarpentries mit uns gemeinsam weiterzuentwickeln.
ℹ️ https://hermes-hub.de/lernen/datacarpentrieslektionen/kollaborationsmoeglichkeiten/
🌐 Data Visualization for Storytelling and Statistical Inference:
https://github.com/carpentries-incubator/hermes_stat_inf_data_vis
🌐 Data and Metadata in the Humanities:
https://github.com/carpentries-incubator/hermes_metadata_lesson
🌐 Relational Databases with NocoDB in the humanities:
https://github.com/carpentries-incubator/RDBMS-with-NocoDB-in-the-humanities
🛠️ Wir suchen Personen mit Kenntnissen in #XML -Technologien, NocoDB oder #python die Lust und Spaß daran haben, die Inhalte unserer Lektionen für @thecarpentries mit uns gemeinsam weiterzuentwickeln.
ℹ️ https://hermes-hub.de/lernen/datacarpentrieslektionen/kollaborationsmoeglichkeiten/
🌐 Data Visualization for Storytelling and Statistical Inference:
https://github.com/carpentries-incubator/hermes_stat_inf_data_vis
🌐 Data and Metadata in the Humanities:
https://github.com/carpentries-incubator/hermes_metadata_lesson
🌐 Relational Databases with NocoDB in the humanities:
https://github.com/carpentries-incubator/RDBMS-with-NocoDB-in-the-humanities