Post #3241206

@ndw@mastodon.social @timbray@hachyderm.io @bosak@flx.masto.host if i were making formats, i'd consider how they were working among devs who were using the format, and in that case there's no question that having a standardized way to extend formats made my life much easier. i could just say in the spec -- and i did -- use namespaces. that was all i had to say. imagine if there was nothing in XML about extending XML? i have a pretty good idea what the chaos would've looked like, we encountered it in other areas.