Re: [xml-dev] "Introducing MicroXML, Part 1: Explore the basicprinciples

[Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@gmail.com>]

> Hyperlinking is not about presentation, it's about expressing a relationship
> between documents.  For various hysterical raisins, XML-based document types
> have most often chosen to use non-generic markup to express hyperlinking.

Hyperlinks in html are a programming language instruction to the
browser, rather than a way to model relationships in your data.

What are the hysterical reasons?  (or raisins) :)


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