Re: [xml-dev] How many XML languages are produced each year?

Peter sez:  "The only reason for the possibility of a "minimal grammar" as you
  describe it would seem to be the fact that documents of the same type
  all tend to have a similar structural grammar, so the argument becomes
  circular."

IME, HTML IS the minimal grammar if by grammar you mean a tagged  
dataset. A box gencode approach a la Truly Donovan's grammar that  
spawned HTML is about as simple as it gets and still services enough  
up-translation to be minimally useful with the addition of the class  
attribute.

We twirl between the polarities of specific names and general names  
while fixing the structures on the back end.

No free lunch.

len