Future of HTML

[John Creech]

Folks,

I've been wondering recently about the "future" of HTML, about upgrading
our website to HTML 4.0, and other such stuff, and would like to hear
others' opinions on this.  My crystal ball went south, so I have no way of
predicting any of this.

As a very crude experiment, I went to the ARL website, called up the list
of members, picked a spot in the alpha index at random, and visited 20
library sites, just to see how the big dogs are handling 4.0/CSS.  Of the
20 I checked, 6 had implemented 4.0.  Many, like us here, are still
declaring 3.2, while some had no DTD's. 

What do you all see coming up?  Is there going to ever be a "5.0"?  Are we
moving to XML?  Are the benefits of upping to 4.0 worth the labor?  

Thanks for any comments.

John Creech
Electronic Resources & Systems Librarian
Central Washington University Library 
400 E. 8th Ave. | Ellensburg, WA 98926 | 509-963-1081
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