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Re: Where's the Tech?
BINGO! Doc said:<QUOTE>We need to imagine A Better Way. Then make it happen.</QUOTE> The radical (yet subtle) technology we need is to figure out a way to allow markup on the web. Real, honest markup, like you can do with a piece of existing text on paper. You can add notes, cross out, etc. I know the standard responses all go like:
HTML only allows inline markup of a document at the time of creation. It doesn't allow you to have multiple layers of markup, even at that time. Try to add a underline tag from the middle of one paragraph into the middle of the next.... it isn't legal HTML. Real markup allows post-creation marking up of a document... which is clearly outside of the realm of HTML The idea of allowing someone else to alter the context, content, or commentary of a document might send shivers through those who really wish that HTML locked everything down like a PDF file. The possiblities for phishing and spam are incredible, but they need to be solved, and will be. It's a question of time scale, not results. You might think this is bullshit... but if you dig deeper into the implications of the what I just wrote, I believe you'll find a blueprint for true revolution, and the exact tech that is required for VRM and real change on the web. (A mini-manifesto?) --Mike--
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