Well, now we're getting really off track, but I think that XML does more
than any comparable Web specification to allow linguistic minorities to
maintain their language in the face of the other, inevitable changes like
mobility and cheap communication. XML is not the frontrunner of cultural
colonialism -- it is a moderating factor (albeit a small one).
Paul Prescod - http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco
"Perpetually obsolescing and thus losing all data and programs every 10
years (the current pattern) is no way to run an information economy or
a civilization." - Stewart Brand, founder of the Whole Earth Catalog
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