XHTML-IM is for sending HTML messages. IMML is for sending modern
Instant Messages. IMML intentionally leaves out most of the
flexibility
that XHTML-IM provides, most of which has no semantic meaning
whatsoever. We might as well be using XSL-FO.
Imposing rules such as you suggest for HTML a's just adds to the
complexity of implementation, and illustrates that HTML in any form is
simply the wrong tool for the job.
This is an argument that will never be resolved. We have people who
want to be able to put every single HTML object (including Java,
Active X, DHTML and so on) into messages and feel XHTML-IM is far too
restrictive and anemic; they argue you should be able to paste HTML
in from Firefox and have it display exactly as it was. And then we
have people who feel XHTML-IM is too complex and is overkill for the
situation.
XHTML-IM manages to strike a (somewhat sensible) middle ground, which
is probably why it will stick around. :)
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