walter said:
I always saw you as a proponent of TEI as a master format to generate all other formats from (an idea I still think is probably a good idea), what has changed?
marcello changed his mind for one big and obvious reason -- he needed some _real_ results, and t.e.i. wasn't working. t.e.i. is far too difficult and far too costly, so it can only be used in the situations where you have lots of captive labor, examples being prisons, or corporations, or government... but if you have to stand up to the requirements of having a cost-efficient workflow, especially one with _volunteers_, you will need something that minimizes the costs involved. this has always been true. people like marcello and walter ignored it for a long time. but you can't ignore it forever. -bowerbird