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From: Amy Lewis [mailto:amyzing@t...] On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 09:09:07AM -0500, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote: >>Here's the rub: XML Is Not a W3C Success. >I disagree. Emphatically. Noted. I wrote a reply that I just sent to the o-file. My advice to you is to study up on SGML Declarations, and investigate the history of SGML hypertext applications such as EBT's DynaBook, US Army IADS, and browser tech SoftQuad licensed. You will discover that many of the features you consider innovations were already implemented prior to 1996. XML is a victory for the markup community in that it proves by demonstration the principles of markup developed over many years and much effort. That community is considerably larger and older than the W3C individuals associated with the development of HTML and XML, and in many cases, are the same individuals. len
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