Re: [xml-dev] Keeping ISO 8879 Alive (was RE: [xml-dev] Markup pe rspective not code)

Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
> Take it any way you want; killing off SGML is a death 
> sentence for the freedom to develop markup according 
> to what is needed over what one thinks is needed.  It 
> is not a matter of moving beyond roots.  That we 
> will do and have done.  It is matter of insisting 
> on coherent specifications under the aegis of 

etc.  It's also a matter of putting in endless hours on ISO committees, 
working with with difficult people in a really exacting process, and 
learning a forest of acronyms and numbers that make the W3C/IETF look 
like child's-play.  Volunteers, please step forward.

I'm assuming that those on the list extolling the virtues of SGML are 
already fully engaged in the process of keeping it alive, and thus 
speaking from experience.  Right? -Tim