Well, if you want to get pedantic about it, html was derived from sgml (Simple General Markup Language), because sgml - with it's rigid structure and separation of document structure from the formatting instructions - was deemed too complex.
So a quick&dirty subset, with relaxed rules was developed, called 'html'. Now of course, you have XHTML and CSS which - gasp - restore the restrictions such as requiring closing tags and separate document structure from formatting instructions... But the fact remains that HTML 3.2 (14-Jan-1997) and 4.0 (24-Apr-1998) / 4.01 (24-Dec-1999) are still a jumble. -----Burton > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Max > Waterman > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 7:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Ntop] Minor HTML thingy > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Burton M. Strauss III wrote: <snip /> > IIRC, HTML was originally wasn't a display language - it was designed > to allow you to specify *what* text was, and the header tags were one > of those early ones which do not imply anything about how they should > be displayed. How pages were displayed, was supposed to be up to the > viewer and viewing s/w. > > Over (a short) time, of course, a demand for more control over the > appearance of a page developed and so tags were added to control it. > > Of course, my memory is not that great, so I could be all wrong about > this. > > Max. _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
