_(W3C | http://www.w3.org/) _("eXtensible Markup Language" | http://www.w3.org/XML/).

For other relevant links and comments about XML, see _(TUNES vs the WWW).

<H4>Alternatives to XML</H4>

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(from _("http://www.xmlsuck.com/" | http://www.xmlsuck.com))

[<STRONG>Note</STRONG>: these <em>probably</em> correct <STRONG>only</STRONG> some syntactic annoyance of XML. -- _(Mad70)]
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<ul>
<li>_(YAML | http://www.yaml.org)</li>
<li>_(DL | http://www.notdotnet.org/dl)</li>
<li>_("Better Markup" | http://bettermarkup.com)</li>
<li>_("XSLScript and TerseXML" | http://www.pault.com/XSLScript/)</li>
<li>_(ONX | http://www.seairth.com/web/onx/onx.html)</li>
<li>_(SOX | http://www.langdale.com.au/SOX/)</li>
<li>_(SLiP | http://www.scottsweeney.com/projects/slip)</li>
</ul>

_("XML: Some hyperlinks minus the hype"
| http://www.research.avayalabs.com/user/wadler/xml/), by Philip Wadler, Avaya Labs.

A joke by Frank Atanassow
_("The Essence of XML -- A modest proposal"
| http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/franka/xml-treatise).
