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• Another Last Call for XML Schema 1.1

  New working drafts have been published for XSD 1.1, which starts a last call period for comments lasting from now until September 12th. The previous last calls in 2006 and 2007 resulted in a substantial number of comments and revisions. You can get the XSD 1.1 drafts from the W3C web site. W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1 Part 1: Structures W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1 Part 2: Datatypes Read More... Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:00 AM from Nicholas Allen's Indigo Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Standards, Announcements

• 10 Years of XML and More Still Coming

  Over the weekend XML 1.0 turned 10 years old from the day it was first accepted as a W3C recommendation. It started as a subset of SGML that allowed generic document content to be served and processed over HTTP. It's now used for everything, including the kitchen sink . XML 1.0 included a number of quirks, such as a large and complicated language production that created a custom subset of Unicode for defining names. XML 1.1 tried to fix these quirks but broke compatibility in the process, leading to its virtual death due to lack of adoption. The world still works off of XML 1.0. That's why last week a new proposed recommendation came out to define a Fifth Edition of XML 1.0 . Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:00 AM from Nicholas Allen's Indigo Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Standards, Announcements, History