I want to love XML. I want to embrace it with the passion of my wiser colleagues, excited by its schemas, titillated by its well-formed code, flushed from its pull-parsing. I want to love XML as much as the cool kids do. So why does it leave me cold?
I want XML the dragon slayer: all the functionality of native electronic evidence coupledwith the ease of identification, reliable redaction and intelligibility of paper documents. The promise is palpable; but for now, XML is just a clever replacement for load files, thoseclumsy Sancho Panzas that serve as squire to addled TIFF image productions. Maybe that’s reason enough to love XML.
