[WEB4LIB] Re: What's next after HTML?

[Per Åkerlund]

Thomas Dowling wrote:

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> If you're asking whether to switch to XHTML--structural HTML rewritten as 
> an application of XML rather than an application of SGML--I don't see any 
> pressing need to do that.  It may be an interesting exercise, but it 
> doesn't gain you anything in terms of browser support (if you're a 
> hardliner about MIME content types, it actually loses you a 
> lot).  Especially if your markup validates, HTML 4.01 will remain readable 
> for years.

I'm curious of what you are losing if you're a hardliner about MIME 
content types. Could you please elaborate a bit on this?

/Per
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