On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 13:55, Ben Coffman wrote:
> Other then having to completely different systems speak with each other.  
> What would be the reasons to use XML?

Embedding with namespaces.  For example you could embed a MathML figure
in your Docbook document.  Or you could embed SVG inside your XHTML
webpage.  XML standards (for the most part, MS ones excluded) work
together nicely.  Now, renders on the other hand, are a touch behind
that utopia.

		--Ted