At 10:40 AM +0100 20 02 2007, Anne van Kesteren wrote: >On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:01:19 +0100, Martin Duerst ><duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp> wrote: >>Previous versions of this draft have been discussed on this >>(the URI) list. This is now in IETF Last Call, see below >>for where to send comments (and if possible, copy the authors). > >What's the use case for patching up text/plain? Wouldn't it be way >better for accessibility etc. if people just used HTML? Good question. But it has a good answer. Why is Google a gigabuck company? Principle of lowest language ==> content addressing adds value (even in hypertext). Why do DAISY bookmarks not limit themselves to pointing at elements? ==> late binding to / "viral emergence of" what's worth quoting. http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-86-2005.html#Bkmk Al PS: how I put the argument in 1999 http://tinyurl.com/2hyuz4 > > >-- >Anne van Kesteren ><http://annevankesteren.nl/> ><http://www.opera.com/>Received on Tuesday, 20 February 2007 14:15:34 UTC
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