Re: <math>, <fig>, ... (fwd)

Benjamin C. W. Sittler writes in 
<Pine.SUN.3.91.960511140515.20396A-100000@rust>:
>I think maybe it's time for some other group to control the
>standardization of HTML for serious use.

<flameproof (flamebait?)>
I really wish we all would stop using "serious" as an alias for 
"scientific/technical/academic".  There are plenty of webmasters both out on 
the Internet and within Intranets who are using the Web and HTML for serious 
uses that are not scientific/technical/academic uses.  These people are not 
just playing around; if the trade publications are to be believed, at least 
some companies are investing heavily in serious Web/HTML applications that 
are not entertainment applications _and_ are not 
scientific/technical/academic applications.

Let's not justify our existences by pretending that the rest of the world is 
just playing games, while we are the only people doing "serious" work.
</flameproof>

My background on this issue is that I maintain 3 Web internally (a CAD tools 
web, my Corporate Technical Memory electronic reference document repository, 
and our ISO 9001 web).  I have also rendered assistance to the people 
working on TCE's Internet Web presence at <URL:http://www.nipper.com/>.  All 
of these are "serious" endeavors.
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Mark Leighton Fisher                   Thomson Consumer Electronics
fisherm@indy.tce.com                   Indianapolis, IN

Received on Tuesday, 14 May 1996 07:38:08 UTC