- From: Daniel W. Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 01:58:57 -0400
- To: Erik Aronesty <earonesty@montgomery.com>
- cc: "'www-html@w3.org'" <www-html@w3.org>
In message <c=US%a=_%p=Montgomery%l=EXCHANGE_SERVE-960713185206Z-606@sf-exch-2. montgomery.com>, Erik Aronesty writes: > >Maintaining HTML as a subset of SGML is not a goal of the WG charter NOR >is it a goal of W3. Hello? I wish you'd cite a source for your [mis]information. Usually, when you go to look something up, you disciver a lot of errors _before_ wasting everyone's time by posting. I'm not sure what WG you're talking about, but if it's the IETF HTML working group, SGML is certainly in the charter: =============== http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/html.charters/html-charter.html Description The HTML Working Group is chartered firstly to describe, and secondly to develop, the HyperText Markup Language (HTML). The group's work is to be based on existing practice on the Internet, and will make due reference to the SGML standard. =============== Personally, I go back and forth about throwing SGML in the trash several times a day. But I don't go putting words into the mouth of the HTML working group. And I don't take lightly the value of HTML being an SGML application. As for W3C position on the issue, it's at: http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MarkUp/Activity and in fact, it doesn't mention SGML as a goal/requirement. Dan
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