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XML for Ancients

Posted by michael on from the still-pumped-from-using-the-chisel dept.

Andrew writes: "More than 5,000 years ago, the very first information revolution occurred when some unknown research team in Mesopotamia found a way to download and store language through a killer application called "writing.". The cuneiform digital library will have 60,000 texts ready in a couple of years. Using SVG and XML to represent their documents. Similar efforts are underway for hieroglyphics."

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  1. all bound for mu-mu land by rfsayre · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "justified.dtd" >

    The cuneiforms are justified and ancient.
    and well formed.

    XML is gonna rock you.