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Well ecmascript DOM and CSS have been standardised, I think that hits a large bit of the macro needs. behaviors are in some way under standardization. I would think that the office application most discardable/replacable by some confluence of HTML and associated standards would be Slideshow application Followed by Word Processor Followed by what? On 11/29/05, Peter Hunsberger <peter.hunsberger@g...> wrote: > On 11/29/05, Bullard, Claude L (Len) <len.bullard@i...> wrote: > > Spy Vs Spy aside for the moment, and following the thought experiment at Tim > > Bray's blog: > > > > How much of a common word processing format subset is represented by HTML? > > How much isn't? How much could be added by namespaced behaviors? > > > > IOW, don't we have one of these? > > Interesting question. Early in my career I spent a lot of time with > SGML. Given that the target in those days was document publishing I > don't think there where many constructs missing that Word it it's kin > would possess with the exception of behaviours. When HTML came along > I was first surprised that so many of the SGML constructs had made it > into the spec. but there where also times when I found things missing > that I sort of wanted. > > How much is missing? I bet I have an IBM SGML reference card in my > attic somewhere, building the feature checklist would be easy... > However, the need for macros and behaviours would be all new (to > standardised HTML), so although it might be a good starting point, I > somehow doubt that it's the end point? I suspect you're still going > to have some battles to win before any new standard emerges. > > <snip/> > > -- > Peter Hunsberger > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > >
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