josh said:

ZML (Zero Markup Language) is ... wait for it ... a MARKUP LANGUAGE.

you seem to be psychic today too. must be the rain... a plain-text file and a z.m.l. file are so similar that -- even using your newfound psychic powers, josh -- you probably can't tell them apart. look at alice30.txt. is it a plain-text file? or is it a z.m.l. file? you tell me. the important points about z.m.l. that make it relevant are that: 1) it is extremely simple, so simple anyone can use it, and 2) it does the job that needs to be done. now, let us discuss x.m.l. in that context... -bowerbird