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Markup requires a human readable definition. AKA, a help file. The beauty of it is that done once or twice, the understanding becomes automatic (mostly hand to eye) and the noise level in the output drops dramatically. Thus, a much more predictable output with superior QOS numbers is achieved. The definitions are tweaked to the local requirements (conceptual modeling - top down) or are derived from them (tag sprinkling - bottom up). In both approaches, they have to be tuned. That is what the IT folks do. The early supporters of markup were logistics experts. They understood the current problem and the solution. The earliest opponents were layout artists and technical editors. The owned the current solution to the problem. Later, these folks swapped positions when HTML was acclaimed. Len http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h -----Original Message----- From: Marcus Carr [mailto:mrc@a...] Danny Ayers wrote: > This is fair enough, but I was responding to your point about authors not > being intimidated by markup. Knowing the structure and knowing the markup > aren't necessarily the same thing. No, but if I had a choice between someone who understood the structure of a data set and someone who had memorised the element and attribute names, I know which one I'd choose. Structure requires comprehension - markup just requires a map.
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