- From: Shane McCarron <shane@aptest.com>
- Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:00:17 -0500
- To: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
- CC: newsml-g2@yahoogroups.com, www-tag@w3.org, semantic-web@w3.org, public-xg-mmsem@w3.org
John Cowan wrote: > Misha Wolf scripsit: > >> The IPTC Standards (NewsML-G2, SportsML-G2, EventsML-G2, etc) are not >> (X)HTML-based. The Web page is, of course, (X)HTML. >> > > Why? It could just as well (perhaps better) be some XML + CSS. > Well, they *could* be. The sad reality on the Internet though is that present day web pages pretty much need to be (X)HTML if you want them to render and/or behave even semi-reliably. And news organizations are likely to care quite a lot about look and feel, not just content. Also, with my XHTML hat on, I prefer that major media outlets use XHTML for their web content ;-) -- Shane P. McCarron Phone: +1 763 786-8160 x120 Managing Director Fax: +1 763 786-8180 ApTest Minnesota Inet: shane@aptest.com
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