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- From: Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian.rahtz@computing-services.oxford.ac.uk>
- To: andrewl@microsoft.com
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 23:12:44 +0100 (BST)
Andrew Layman writes:
> You might be interested in this NY Time report on the origins of XML:
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/06/biztech/technology/07mark.html
>
> The author has a pretty good grasp of the advantages of XML over HTML.
>
> The claims regarding who invented XML do not accord with my understanding of
> the facts.
do you mean
Between August and November 1996, Mr. Bosak, with the help of two
other SGML experts, Tim Bray and C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, created XML
as a scaled-down version of SGML, intended for use on the Internet.
isn't that fair enough? it accords with my memories precisely.
cf http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xml-961114.html.
what is your understanding?
Sebastian Rahtz
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