Don't worry. I enjoy these conversations.
Even today, XML has not made any significant impact in genealogy software. And you ask the average computer user about XML and they won't know what you're talking about. In fact most web developers don't know the difference between HTML and
Web designers used XML based solutions even before 2000, MSXML is around since 2003, and the same year there were already Delphi components available for both D4 and D5 (for example OmniXML or OpenXML). ...
XML 1.0 only became a W3C Recommendation in February 1998. RSS feeds became based on them. But it really took until the onset of Web 2.0 and Microsoft's adoption of them for their default Office formats before it become something important.
I've known about
XML a new technology? You must have been hiding somewhere in the Canadian woods, Louis... ;-)
Here is a link that might help:
http://xml.coverpages.org/genealogy.html#gedML
HTH
Uwe
XML is GEDCOM; GEDCOM is XML - Blog comment by lkessler - 11 Nov 2008
XML is GEDCOM; GEDCOM is XML - Blog comment by uwe - 11 Nov 2008
XML is GEDCOM; GEDCOM is XML - Blog comment by lkessler - 11 Nov 2008
XML is GEDCOM; GEDCOM is XML - Blog comment by uwe - 11 Nov 2008
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