Bullard, Claude L (Len) <> writes:
>
> So resurrect the SGML Declaration and enable everyone
> to declare compact syntaxes for the application profiles
> in the standard way. Why not have the compact syntaxes
> interoperate as well?
+10 ;-)
I still find myself reverting to defining new Word styles in the old GML
style I first learned before SGML came about.
> If we are to brandish big pointy sticks, maybe they
> should be standard pointy sticks. Or are all of the
> arguments that led to the development of the SGML
> subset suddenly moot in a trendy way?
Not sure the SGML declaration is a big pointy stick? More like a
amorphous smothering blob that's really hard to get a handle on?
