Make a fresh start with a new generation of HTML
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HTML re-cast as a suite of XML tag-sets
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Include a core tag set (headings, paragraphs, lists, hypertext links, images
and other basic documents idioms)
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Forms will be a separate tag set, as will tags for marking up Tables, Graphics
and Multimedia and other aspects of mark-up
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All adopt the XML syntax and will be able to be combined as need be
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An improved match to database and workflow applications
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Tables emphasize the data model (contents can be mapped to different ways
of presenting the information)
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Style sheets become more important
The intention of the W3C:
Deliver a Proposed Recommendations for a suite of XML tag sets covering the
core document idioms, tables, forms, and to look at how these can be combined
with other structural and presentation tag sets defined by W3C
Guidelines and tools for transforming HTML 4.0 documents to be well formed
XML syntax
