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

[David Carlisle <davidc@nag.co.uk>]

On 03/07/2012 17:27, Rushforth, Peter wrote:
> HTML has had links implemented for more than a couple of decades, we
> should respect that experience.

Yes exactly, the experience shows that links don't need to be (and
probably shouldn't be) implemented in the underlying generic markup
(SGML or XML) but can be dealt with effectively by application specific
markup (html href and src attributes).

The one recent attempt to put linking into the generic markup (xlink)
failed because the application specific markup was more convenient and
more appropriate for any application that needed linking.

Somehow you are reading the same history differently, but I'm not sure why?

David


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