RE: [xml-dev] ASN.1 is an XML Schema Language (Fix those lists!) and Binary XML not needed...

Yep.  I remember what an SGML parser cost once upon a time 
(pre ARCSGML).  It was a significant show stopper. 
As soon as management saw that, they stopped considering it.

len

From: Michael Kay [mailto:]
 
> There may be others.

Like 
  0.  XML parser @ $0.00 vs. ASN.1 parser @ $50,000.00

The other reasons are completely irrelevant.