Over the course of history, a remarkable number of different groups have jumped up and down and said "*We're* the ones defining HTML!!! Listen to *us*!!!". It's foolish to draw conclusions about any HTML-related spec based either on which group is originating it or what anyone claims the browser engineers are going to do.
--Tim Bray on the atom-syntax mailing list, Tuesday, 28 Nov 2006 15:57:50