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Re: Back to basics

From: Martin Bryan <mtbryan@sgml.u-net.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 09:32:03 +0100
To: bosak@atlantic-83.Eng.Sun.COM (Jon Bosak), w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
Cc: bosak@atlantic-83.Eng.Sun.COM
Message-Id: <96Sep23.093220bst.61404(4)@u-net.net>
Jon

> I do believe that
>our job will be much easier if we can persuade one of the HTML browser
>vendors to choose XML for their next forward leap in functionality
>rather than choosing something that they invent on their own.

I could not agree more, but I fail to see how this can be possible when we
say that XML cannot read even valid HTML documents. A leap into the dark
without taking the light you already have takes a vast amount of faith.
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Martin Bryan, The SGML Centre, Churchdown, Glos. GL3 2PU, UK 
Phone/Fax: +44 1452 714029   WWW home page: http://www.u-net.com/~sgml/
Received on Monday, 23 September 1996 05:38:47 EDT

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