Re: TAG case; XHTML; Flame Wars.

>I think this is a case of "I've seen it on TV, so it HAS to be true!!"

Isn't the same true for all the things W3C pours over our poor heads? That's 
the reason why I wrote this article.

>To quote from the article: "XML is a general markup language" - any
>document that starts with that misunderstanding is sure to be full of it.

When writing this, I didn't much care about the exact specifications of XML 
because the article is about XHTML. No doubt you're right, but my main 
argument is not about specs, but about (the lack of) practical application 
of the specs, now and in the future. I may be wrong, but I'd like to hear my 
arguments refuted.

I did make one mistake, by the way: I said XML should be lower case. This is 
not true, only XHTML should be lower case (why????).

>XML is a meta-language for creating markup languages - it is a subset of 
>SGML and is in no way related to HTML.

All of which may be true, but it has nothing to do with my point. The 
article is not about the exact relation between XML and HTML, it's about the 
reasons for using XHTML and that they're simply not enough at this point in 
time.

I don't mean this personally, but I sometimes get the idea that proponents 
of XHTML etc. are very quick to delve into the specs to 'prove' that someone 
with a different opinion is wrong without paying attention to the actual 
arguments. This article is about the practical use of XHTML, not about the 
theory.

Part of the reason for writing this article was to goad someone into 
replying and actually giving a good reason for using XHTML. Thus far I 
haven't heard any compelling *practical* argument. If you know one, please 
tell me.

Don't want to start another flame war, but I do want to make my position 
clear.

Peter-Paul Koch
Author of http://www.alistapart.com/stories/xhtml/
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