There exists a peculiar amnesia in software engineering regarding XML. Mention it in most circles and you will receive knowing smiles, dismissive waves, the sort of patronizing acknowledgment reserved for technologies deemed passé. “Oh, XML,” they say, as if the very syllables carry the weight of obsolescence. “We use JSON now. Much cleaner.”

  • Kissaki@programming.devOPEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Making XML schemas work was often a hassle. You have a schema ID, and sometimes you can open or load the schema through that URL. Other times, it serves only as an identifier and your tooling/IDE must support ID to local xsd file mappings that you configure.

    Every time it didn’t immediately work, you’d think: Man, why don’t they publish the schema under that public URL.

    • calliope@retrolemmy.com
      2·
      3 hours ago

      This seriously sounds like a nightmare.

      It’s giving me Eclipse IDE flashbacks where it seemed so complicated to configure I just hoped it didn’t break. There were a lot of those, actually.