Tim Bray

When we at Antarctica start talking to a potential customer or partner, they say, "That's Tim Bray's company? So this is XML-based data visualization?" And we have to say, "No, it's ordinary database visualization. But because it's modern software, there's a lot of XML in the plumbing." And in this there's a lesson. A lot of people who care about XML spend a lot of time thinking and worrying about where in the real world of applied technology XML is getting traction. If you read the trade press and listen to the prognosticators, XML is a landscape of ground-breaking initiatives, industry buzzwords, and architectural upheaval. Here are a few examples: The many layers of Web services technology are going to lead to the rebirth of EAI. The Semantic Web is going to teach my refrigerator to talk to my local beer vendor when my supply runs low. Microsoft's .NET platform is ... (more)