Article:		Doing it Simpler
Subject:		Intrigued yet confused and overwhelmed.
Date:		2001-08-09 09:45:20
From:		Israel Evans
As highlighted in many of the articles here, I am the typical newbie to XML who knows that there is something really good here, but is overwhelmed by the sheer volume and cryptic quality of the many w3c specifications. I try to follow best practices and adhere to the standards, which is why I've switched over to XHTML, but attempting to use XML, I'm confused. Figuring out which spec to use with other specs, which are dependant on others, which are optional, and more importantly why would I need some of this. I use Python, but wonder if using the XSL/t/fo or whatever would be preferable, but since I don't really understand all of them yet it's hard to say. If there where something in the specs that marked out the typical path of adoption and problem realm that each spec covered and how they were related, it might make thing easier to understand. Anyway, my brain hurts.. ~elmlish~

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