Re: W3C XML activities

Tim Bray (tbray@textuality.com)
Sun, 24 May 1998 04:29:52 -0700

At 12:45 AM 5/22/98 UT, Simon St.Laurent wrote:
>Would it be possible for someone involved to give a brief rundown on XML
>projects the W3C is actually working on?
>
>From what I can gather, XML, XLink, XPointer, and XML Namespaces are all
>projects of the XML Working Group under the XML Activity. XSL appears to have
>its own Working Group under the Style activity. RDF appears to have its own
>Working Group under the Metadata activity. XML-Data, WIDL, and a number of
>other proposals are just that - proposals.

I believe this to be an accurate picture. There is some activity under way
which would result in splitting XLink/XPointer out into its own WG. But
as it stands today, you're right. -Tim