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"Evan Lenz" <evan@e...> writes:
> Are you referring to XML 1.0? I always considered it to be a good de jure
> codification of de facto best practices in (i.e. most common subset of)
> SGML. In that sense, Michael's characterization seems better than "real new
> science", let alone a joke...
See my reply to Tim Bray -- I withdraw the word 'science' as it
clearly is confusing the issue, but stand by my claim that substantive
work was done in the WG: XML went a long way beyond any existing
technology from major web vendors.
ht
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