XML, as discussed in class, is already ten years old.  Actually, XML turned ten on the tenth earlier this month.  The first public draft was released November of 1996, however the final release version of 1.0 was released out to the public in February of 1998.

Anyway, I can't remember if I ran across this blog post at Digg.com or Slashdot.org, but it quickly gained my atttention due to the fact that we've been covering XML in class.  The blog post is written by Tim Bray who is a co-editor of XML.  Tim wrote this article over ten years ago, but never had it published until recently.  Now marking the ten year aniversary of XML, he decided to share it with the world.

As for an intro into the article, be prepared because it is somewhat lengthy.  The article encompases the background of XML and all those involved in it's creation.  It really is an intriguing blog post and is definitely worth a read.

Read the article here.