Re: While on the subject of W3C submissions

Sean Russell (ser@javalab.uoregon.edu)
Thu, 29 Jan 1998 14:59:48 -0800 (PST)


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[Don Park, on 29 Jan]
> [Tim Bray]
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-HTMLThreading-0105
> >
> >Now there's a cool XML application, and one that'll touch us all,
> >if y'ask me. -Tim
>
> I agree. I think we need a similar paper addressing generic data threading
> issues. I wonder if it is better to work on the problem of using XML to
> solve data threading or the problem of threading XML documents?

I'm of two minds about this. This kind of markup is useful for
document sharing and revisions, and I can see an application for it in
email. At the risk of being considered a throw-back, I'm concerned by
the amount of bulk this kind of markup is going to add to your average
email. Plain HTML adds a small amount of bulk, but often doesn't
increase the average email size beyond 50%. I can see that
HTMLThreading would often more than double the size of emails.

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