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Re: [xml-dev] 10th anniversary of the annoucement of XML ..need help

From: Tatu Saloranta <cowtowncoder@-----.--->
To: xml-dev@-----.---.---
Date: 6/7/2006 4:55:00 PM
--- David Carlisle <davidc@n...> wrote:

...
> > some ugly wikis use tags, for apparently no good
> > reason, along with non-tag markup -- if you want
> > cheap-o tags, just use HTML)?
> 
> Unlike XML, SGML's concrete syntax isn't fixed, it
> isn't restricted to
> using <..> syntax for tags, or even any (explict)
> tags at all.
> 
> I just asked google to turn up a link to sgml short
> ref maps and it
> gave me the article that Rick was talking about..
> 
> http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/03/03/sgmlwiki.html

Thanks! That does explain it. And I thought I knew
SGML to some degree... but apparently not enough of
its more powerful features that allow full
re-definition of markup.

-+ Tatu +-



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