Ep #15: From digital books to digital agents: Edd Wilder-James on the Evolution of Structured Information
Edd Wilder-James joins us in this episode for a wide-ranging conversation that begins in the early XML and SGML communities and stretches all the way to today’s AI-driven world. Along the way, we revi...
2 Jun 59min
Ep #14: Information Architecture and Structured Documents in an AI world
In this episode, Sean McGrath sits down with Alex Smith, Global Product Lead for Knowledge, Search, and AI at iManage, to unpack what’s really happening at the intersection of AI and the world of lega...
27 Apr 58min
Ep #13: Identity, security and privacy - with digital identity pioneer, Eve Maler
In this episode of Rule Breakers, Sean McGrath sits down with Eve Maler, a pioneer in digital identity and a long standing member of the XML community who was influential in shaping XML itself, based ...
23 Mar 56min
Ep #12: From SGML (1986) to LLMs (2026): Jon Udell on The Tools That Make Digital Knowledge Work
In this episode of Rule Breakers, we’re joined by author and software developer Jon Udell, a longtime explorer of the tools that shape how we write, publish, and work with knowledge. From the early da...
16 Feb 1h
Ep #11: XML, HCI, and a retrospective on markup and the Web with Steven Pemberton
In this episode, we speak with Steven Pemberton, a pioneer of the early web, the first user in Europe to connect to the open internet, and a long-time contributor to standards at the W3C including CSS...
5 Jan 1h
Ep #10: Markup Goes Beyond Tags: Rick Jelliffe on Language Markup, Structure & Semantics in XML
Dive into an in-depth conversation with Rick Jelliffe, one of the most influential figures in the world of markup languages and structured data.Rick's contributions to markup and markup standards span...
1 Des 20251h 17min
Ep #9: The Web Before Google: Liam Quin on HoTMetaL, XML, and the First Web Standards
The latest episode of Rule-Breakers features Liam Quin a pioneering figure in the world of electronic publishing and generalized markup. In this conversation, we learn about Liam’s journey from a chil...
3 Nov 20251h 11min
Ep #8: The evolution of structured data formats — from XML to AI with Anthony Coates
Join Rule-breakers host, Sean McGrath and our latest guest, Anthony Coates, for a deep dive into the history and necessity of structured content. Drawing on his experience at Reuters and his work on m...
6 Okt 202547min
