RE: XyWrites 4 and 5 (was: RE: Dataviz and xyW)

[Dorothy Day day@xxxxxxxx]

On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Carlo Caballero wrote:

>
> In Kenneth Frank's message, what does "XML" stand for? XyWrite Mark-up
> Language? I'm bad with acronyms.
>

It stands for eXtensible Markup Language, and is a fair amount more
flexible, and consequently complex, than the current HTML 4 (which is
not yet fully implemented by any of the 3 big browsers). XML goes
further than HTML 4 toward supporting SGML's promise, with far less
of a learning curve than most SGML markup implementations. It will
effectively be HTML 5, and will be utilized by folks with more ambitious
projects than they can develop with HTML. Browsers will gradually
support it, so anyone will be able to view XML-marked up files. Most
people will stick with HTML3.2 or 4 because that will do enough to suit
their needs.

	Dorothy

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