jon said:
Since the W3C standards are open and universal, others can likewise build their own application -- no need to invent a new hooking mechanism.
so you are telling the original poster that he can "build his own application", is that what i'm getting? nobody in the big wide world of x.m.l. has done it yet? it's interesting how you always say "x.m.l. can do this", but when it gets right down to it, nobody has done it. when are y'all gonna get around to solving these issues? you're telling people that they can do it themselves, but meanwhile the experts haven't even done it yet! don't you sense the disconnect in what you're saying? vapor vapor vapor vapor vapor.
Markup can change, but in the case of using 'id', the document maintainers will be careful to keep 'id's undisturbed as much as possible during document edits.
keep that in mind when you're building your system, scott!
Can this be done with plain text? Not as easily
i'll worry about the plain-text implementation. and it'll be all you can do to keep up with me...
(I was thinking of it back in 2000 for Yomu.)
what was "yomu"? people here might want to know. -bowerbird