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Friday, February 18, 2005

changing focus

GRML is moving away from mimicking the web-focused markup language. This is not to say it loses its web capabilites. Rather, it indicates a recognition of the value of data-oriented file formats.

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HTML satisfactorily fills the role as a display-oriented markup language for the web. If not, there are complementary technologies to fill gaps. These include CSS, DHTML, and Javascript. When that is not sufficient, there are new technologies to improve HTML, such as XHTML.

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By not trying to complement HTML, GRML is able to focus on other areas where data is limited by its formatting. Of couse, this includes XML and delimited formats. But, it also includes binary-based formats, used in properietary software.

While the desire is not to make GRML all things to all people, there are unquestionably opportunities to complement features lacking in other formats. It is in these deficiencies where GRML has the greatest opportunity to shine.

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