Re: [xml-dev] Why is text marked up ?

[davep <davep@dpawson.co.uk>]

On 01/19/2012 04:58 PM, Henry S. Thompson wrote:
> David Lee writes:
>
>> "Why is text marked up" ?
> To make explicit for mechanical processing what is
> implicit-but-evident in the original.
>
> ht
I think that sums up quite a few uses?
Misses metadata, but includes such as toc links,
indexing, formatting for presentation, filtering,
selection/re-organisation etc.
   Very succinct Henry.

regards

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