XML: A Brief History
With the explosion the Web and the massive amount of HTML development that consequently began to be undertaken, people began running into HTMLs many shortcomings very quickly. At the same time, SGML proponents, who'd been working in relative obscurity for many years, began looking for a way to use SGML itself on the Web, instead of just one application of it (HTML). They realized that SGML itself was too complex for the task. Most people couldn't or wouldn't use it, so they needed an alternative. Again, what they were looking for was something that blended the best aspects of HTML and SGML.
In mid-1996, Jon Bosak of Sun Microsystems approached the W3C about forming a committee on using SGML on the Web. The effort was given ...
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