- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:17:58 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Lachlan Hunt wrote: > Ian Hickson wrote: > > > > (Note that HTML1 was not an SGML application; HTML2 was retrofitted > > into the SGML world for theoretical reasons, but the real world never > > really caught up with that theory.) > > Yes, I'm aware of what HTML 1 was (Martin Bryan explains it well [1], > for anyone that doesn't know) and, IMO, it was a very good decision to > formalise it as SGML. However, as you say, the real world never caught > on, and, sadly, probably never will (at least not in any mainstream > browser). :-( HTML5 is for the mainstream browser above all. > > We can change content models and add concepts like namespaces to the > > XML parser easily; we can at best add new elements when it comes to > > the HTML parser. > > Fair enough. I guess this is one reason why XHTML is so good ? the > mistakes of the past with SGML/HTML won't be repeated, and progress > won't be held up so much by buggy browsers. it's just a pity it's not > yet supported in IE. I'm also starting to understand why you don't > consider HTML an application of SGML, although I still don't like it. > :-| Hey, I'm not over-joyous about it myself. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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