What we foresaw (and a bit more)

The original plan:

• XML (a lightweight SGML) 1998
  • generic markup
  • validation
• XLink / XPointer (lightweight HyTime) 2002
  • stand-off links
  • n-way linking
  • structure-based addressing
• XSL (lightweight DSSSL) 1999, 2001
  • structure-based formatting and rendering
  • tree transformations
  • flow objects
• XML applications / XML-based languages (SMIL, XHTML, MathML, ...)

An early addition: XML Namespaces 1.0.