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XML is also an archive format. That might raise an eyebrow. len From: Hunsberger, Peter [mailto:Peter.Hunsberger@S...] 1) For data exchange where XML is a transitory exchange medium the points are moot. This is where much of the value in XML is today. The real growth area for XML is in data exchange and not in attempting to solve the concerns addressed by hypertext and the other mechanisms that Mr. Nelson is focused on. 2) Mr. Nelson seems to suggest that the "real" hypertext system are still to come and when that happens XML will be at most a document exchange mechanism. If you follow xml-dev it would appear that there are few "priests" who would completely disapprove of this viewpoint. Maybe this is just the benefit of the 5 years or experience from when the article was written.... This does raise the issue of whether the back end hypertext editing and storage mechanisms need to be standardized. Given that we're still at the point of creating the King James, standardizing the printing press would seem to be a ways off?
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