It was a sad day when LinkedIn retired the official resume generator. It would be nice if they could at least export some XML for anyone to run with, but I guess its all about locking users into your walled off service.
I read somewhere about an EU regulations coming which would force platforms to provide a way for their users to get their data back. Reimplementing the XML export would be a good way to (partially) comply ahead of time.
That's "data portability" section of the GDPR, coming late May.
The idea behind it is that platforms should provide you with an option to export your data so that you could easily import it to a competing service if you have a desire to do so.
With that said, I signed into my LinkedIn account for the first time in about a year and saw the option to download my data already in my account settings: https://i.imgur.com/bOLqwoJ.png
EU even have a standard format for structured resume exchange called Europass.
interop.europass.cedefop.europa.eu/data-model/
See also the provided online editor: http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/
It's a shame that LinkedIn/Viadeo don't have builtin import/export to this format.
The new regulation updates that existing right to specify that the data should be provided in a "structured, commonly used and machine-readable format".
I believe the writer is referring to the GDPR regulations in Europe which are coming into force May 25, 2018, therefore "ahead of time" is chronologically accurate.
They have a handy countdown clock here:
