Semantics and the Web: An Awkward History

["Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>]

This is probably the strangest of many strange messages I've sent this 
list, but I recently posted a video on the history (and current status) 
of markup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77qDvd5uOx8

It's 43 minutes long and the visuals use Playmobil figures.  If that 
isn't your thing, there's a transcript (currently text, soon to be 
prettier HTML) at:

http://simonstl.com/balisage/TRANSCRIPT09042021.txt

It's based on a talk I gave at Balisage last month, expanded a bit to 
cover questions and broaden the audience.

A lot of the material in that talk happened here on this list, or in the 
neighborhood.

Thank you,
Simon