On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 7:52 AM, Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> wrote:
(a) we know the web is built on a foundation of shifting sand
I would say rather that the supposed foundation was just scaffolding and rather overbuilt at that, designed for superstructure that never came to pass. Similarly, SGML was thought to be the foundation of HTML, but turned out to be its amniotic sac.