On 9/25/09 11:39 AM, Brian wrote:
I do think that sufficient energy has been directed at this topic. People have complained that xml is harder to edit that wikitext and that it is too complicated, among other things.
You seem to be talking about something utterly unrelated to this thread...
The only XML under discussion here is an internal back-end representation of template metadata to drive a sane template invocation user-interface:
* field names and descriptions (localizable) * field types/validation info * field grouping and optional/required info * other documentation & display info
This would not be exposed to editors, viewers or readers; nor is it in any way related to whether, how, or when we might some day alter or replace wiki markup.
-- brion