an unfilled need

[Tim Bray]

At 12:55 AM 9/7/99 -0400, Arjun Ray wrote:

>Actually, the origin of XML as a W3C activity was irregular: it didn't
>become an approved activity until Summer '97, at which point the ERB+WG
>structure (with a "closed but public" mailing list) was reorganized into
>the new WG+SIG (and the mailing list was sucked into the Members Area.) 

Historically inaccurate.  XML was an official W3C activity starting
in July '96.  The re-organization you describe (accurately) was part
of a W3C-wide process regularization.  It is correct to say that the
W3C staff & management didn't really take XML seriously until the
late spring of '97. -Tim

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