[dragonwriter]

> Many people "love yaml" and "hate XML" but never dealt with XSD, so they don't even realize what they're talking about syntax instead of functionality.

No, I'm pretty sure that if they have only used XML syntax as a data rep and not XML-associated tooling like XSD, they are quite aware that when thet say they hate XML they are talking about syntax.

OTOH. I am surprised at the number of people that seem to thing “has a schema language that can be used to specify structure beyond just the basic raw language” distinguishes XML from other data representation languages.

Or, more generally, the way that “if you don’t like XML, maybe your problem is you aren’t using enough of it” has become an edgy contrarian position rather than steretypical establishment enterprise consultant thing it was 15 or so years ago.