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- From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no>
- Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway
- Message-ID: <23256B@erik.naggum.no>
- Date: 23 Jul 1992 17:35:58 +0200
- References: <710783547snx@sgmlinc.com> <CABO.92Jul14222524@kubus.cs.tu-berlin.de> <23246D@erik.naggum.no> <CABO.92Jul22153926@kubus.cs.tu-berlin.de> <23255B@erik.naggum.no> <CABO.92Jul23154805@kubus.cs.tu-berlin.de>
- Subject: Re: It's Not Just for Text Anymore
- Lines: 41
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- Carsten Bormann <cabo@cs.tu-berlin.de> writes:
- |
- | Erik, please scratch that summary.
-
- OK.
-
- | Given that your article was a rebuttal to my attempt to debunk Brian
- | Travis' thesis (quoting below), taking it apart in all possible ways,
- | I simply read it as support for that thesis. Rereading it, I notice
- | that your objective may have been that of simply defending SGML
- | against my criticism.
-
- Yes, that was my objective.
-
- | > So, the next time someone asks you what SGML is, instead
- | > of saying "it is a language used to markup text", say
- | > "SGML is a powerful tool that can be used to describe,
- | > model, and interchange data." </>
- |
- | My apologies if you agree with the consensus that is building in this
- | group, i.e. that SGML is useful, but not particularly powerful for
- | this purpose.
-
- If we strike "model", I think we're much better off.
-
- | I'm still not at ease with calling my initial article "sour grape
- | whining" or with accusations such as that I tried to stop HyTime in
- | its tracks or that I have a hidden agenda (except, maybe, that of
- | helping advance the state of the art).
-
- In keeping with the tone of your article, I retract those comments.
-
- | So, please let's try to end the "battle between Erik and Carsten", as
- | another poster put it, and rather try to further our understanding of
- | the role of SGML within the future world of information architectures.
-
- Yes! This would indeed be useful, and I look forward to your
- contributions.
-
- Best regards,
- </Erik>
- --
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