XHTML 2, Creation of a New Language

I follow very intensively the technical discussions about XHTML2.

In times of aggressive nationalism it is good to see, how people around the
world cooperate in a rational and creative style in the creation of a new
universal (independant of platform, operating-system, ...) language.

This language - or a subset of it - could serve in a far future for
decoding texts of our culture and civilization now. Perhaps it could
sometimes be compared with the famous "stone of Rosette".

I think, it was a good idea to create a very new language without
considering legacy (HTML, XHTML 1). Therefore it should be defined as clear
and simple as possible (but not simpler, citing Einstein).

I for myself - as a purist - use strict XHTML, written with emacs and of
course verified by W3C.

I think I had to post this not technical matter, for considering XHTML 2 in
a wide context. Sometimes I had the feeling to be buried in technical
details.

Good luck


Veith Risak

University of Salzburg
Software Engineering
risak@cosy.sbg.ac.at