> So how does the hypertex protocol work together with other protocols, > like embedded PS or non-GIF pictures? Does every protocol invent its own > syntax to identify itself? there *is* no protocol for embedded PS or non-GIF, so what are you getting at > Well, the HTML standard is evolving, and one would then want to have oh you think its a `standard'.... sensible people like TeXxies [1] should be plugging XML > access to the new hyperlink features, but not the markup features. So one > would really want to work with a hyperlink protocol, and not HTML. which is exactly what we have. the fact that the tags start `html' does not imply that random HTML after them is acceptable. sebastian [1] i am famous for my irony