Is SDL trying to replace XML? What is the relationship?
SDL is not trying to replace XML. XML is an excellent format for marking up documents, describing metadata, mixing tags in free form text, and many other applications. XML is also commonly used for properties files, configuration files, and object serialization. For these purposes, SDL offers a terser and more perspicuous syntax. SDL is type aware and allows datastructures such as lists, maps, and trees to be easily represented. Lets look at a snippet from a configuration file represented in both languages.
