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> Huh? I don't think most or any of wiki dialects could > be described by SGML, so how would xml adoption reduce > SGML adoption for wikis? Or do you think wikis could > perhaps have developed to use the angle brackets > instead of currently used short-hand notations (yes, > some ugly wikis use tags, for apparently no good > reason, along with non-tag markup -- if you want > cheap-o tags, just use HTML)? Unlike XML, SGML's concrete syntax isn't fixed, it isn't restricted to using <..> syntax for tags, or even any (explict) tags at all. I just asked google to turn up a link to sgml short ref maps and it gave me the article that Rick was talking about.. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/03/03/sgmlwiki.html David ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________
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