The Future of SVG and the Web
Kurt Cagle,
Understanding XML,
Aug 19, 2005
The author begins with a discussion of scalable vector graphics (SVG), an XML-based image file format, but he doesn't end there, roaming instead into a sweeping discussion of the role of XML in redefining the web. Syndication, the editable web, ubiquitous personal content, domain experts - all of this is in the future, explained with clarity and earnestness and with some great turns of a phrase ("We spend billions of dollars making the web editable in proprietary ways... This has long struck me as being analogous to attempting to knit a sweater by telephoning in each stitch.") And although he doesn't invoke the jargon, this is all Web 2.0, all E-Learning 2.0. Don't miss this one. Related: Bryan Alexander on Schools, Web 2.0, and the specter of desire.
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