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Re:AXR: A better(?) alternative to HTML+CSS by politician on Monday June 13, 2011 @11:30AM (#2649359)
The author hasn't suggested XML for presentation, but rather for content.
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Re:AXR: A better(?) alternative to HTML+CSS by drdaeman on Monday June 13, 2011 @12:50PM (#2649716)
IMHO, XML is terrible for both.

Content is best represented with some mixture of properly-chosen DSLs. For example, Markdown-like language for texts, CSV-like language for tabular data, and so on.

There are too many various type of "content", so if you try to use lowest common denominator (like XML is) you: 1) lack the expression and have to type/generate lot of pointless code and 2) start mixing various types of content in a wrong ways (like tables for layouts, padding with spaces, CSS sprites etc).

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