User Michael Kay - Software Engineering Stack Exchange

Michael Kay

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38 Answers

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163 votes

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Can we replace XML with JSON entirely?

answered Sep 16, 2011 at 12:04

22 votes

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XSLT and possible alternatives

answered Sep 10, 2013 at 20:16

19 votes

Why is XSLT so rarely used on the web?

answered Oct 21, 2018 at 16:17

10 votes

Syntax Design - Why use parentheses when no arguments are passed?

answered Oct 6, 2016 at 21:23

7 votes

Are there any good reasons to use, learn, or recommend XSLT?

answered Jul 26, 2011 at 1:49

6 votes

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Why do we need namespaces when making XML serialization?

answered Feb 19, 2016 at 10:22

6 votes

Why validate XML?

answered Apr 13, 2013 at 18:02

5 votes

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When to use 'nillable' in XML schemas

answered May 15, 2017 at 8:00

4 votes

Programming cleanly when writing scientific code

answered Jul 10, 2018 at 19:58

4 votes

Why isn't TDD more popular in universities?

answered Jan 9, 2020 at 10:18

4 votes

Dealing with non-reproducible bugs

answered Oct 29, 2018 at 14:54

3 votes

Acceptable to rely on random ints being unique?

answered Dec 30, 2016 at 22:03

3 votes

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Shorthand notation for XSLT?

answered Jul 29, 2016 at 14:01

3 votes

Why do most log files use plain text rather than a binary format?

answered Oct 6, 2016 at 15:00

3 votes

What is the best data model to represent mathematical range (in database, xml, json...)?

answered Oct 5, 2015 at 8:00

3 votes

Using compound statements ("{" ... "}" blocks) to enforce variable locality

answered Nov 11, 2015 at 0:13

3 votes

Is it a bad practice to use empty node with value attribute in XML?

answered Sep 5, 2014 at 16:58

3 votes

Why not XHTML5?

answered Jun 24, 2011 at 8:15

2 votes

xml based programming languages

answered Oct 3, 2013 at 23:15

2 votes

Structuring the XML Response

answered Apr 6, 2013 at 9:01

2 votes

What is the most robust, extensible way to represent a contract in code?

answered Sep 23, 2014 at 23:15

2 votes

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What exactly is the meaning of "node" in Document Object Model (DOM)?

answered Dec 3, 2014 at 23:04

2 votes

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XQL vs. XQuery vs.

answered Jun 3, 2015 at 20:51

2 votes

Is it effective to review code in language I don't know?

answered Jan 16, 2016 at 15:20

2 votes

JSON or XML or other - most time efficient for largely "read" of structured data

answered Apr 25, 2016 at 9:03

2 votes

Is there a mismatch between XSL and OOP?

answered Jan 13, 2019 at 0:40

2 votes

I generated XHTML with XSLT, what are my options with HTML 5?

answered Oct 28, 2018 at 19:26

1 vote

In TDD, should I add unit tests to refactored code?

answered Nov 13, 2019 at 18:13

1 vote

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XSD Namespaces with W3.org

answered Feb 4, 2018 at 13:13

1 vote

Relation and differences between SGML, XML, HTML and XHTML

answered Jul 16, 2011 at 12:09

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