- From: Robert Streich <streich@slb.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Sep 96 01:04:44 CDT
- To: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Cc: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
At 10:25 AM 9/28/96 -0400, Paul Prescod wrote: > * Because XML is widely supported (we hope). > * Because XML is compact (we hope). > * Because XML will preserve whatever structure exists in the document (and >Word allows quite a bit). > * Because XML is more portable, more device-independent and more widely >supported than Word for Windows format. > * Because XML is "open" and standardized. > * Because XML is easy to full-text index. I don't get it. Which of these doesn't apply to HTML? And why would Jane Author want to mess with creating a structured doc? If a bunch of authors create a bunch of documents with a bunch of DTDs and a bunch of stylesheets then how is that any better than what we have now? If this were useful, I could just buy a bunch of DynaTags and automap all of the styles. Yeccch. confused Robert Streich streich@slb.com Schlumberger voice: 1 512 331 3318 Austin Research fax: 1 512 331 3760
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