_(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>

<font size="-1">(from _("http://www.xmlsuck.com/"|http://www.xmlsuck.com))</font>

<span class="comment">[<STRONG>Note</strong>: these <em>probably</em> correct <STRONG>only</strong> some syntactic annoyance of XML. -- _(Mad70)]</span>

<ul>
<li>_(YAML | http://www.yaml.org/)
<li>_(DL | http://www.notdotnet.org/dl)
<li>_("Better Markup" | http://bettermarkup.com/)
<li>_("XSLScript and TerseXML" | http://www.pault.com/XSLScript/)
<li>_(ONX | http://www.seairth.com/web/onx/onx.html)
<li>_(SOX | http://www.langdale.com.au/SOX/)
<li>_(SLiP | http://www.scottsweeney.com/projects/slip)
<li>_(LMNL)
</ul>

_("XML: Some hyperlinks minus the hype"
| http://www.research.avayalabs.com/user/wadler/xml/), by _(Philip Wadler). (His take on the _(Essence of XML | http://www.research.avayalabs.com/user/wadler/papers/xml-essence/xml-essence.pdf).)

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