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Darrell Raymond writes:
>   I think I am being fair in insisting that external structure not
> be classified as "markup".  If I allow you to claim that non-embedded
> structure is really markup, then I guess I get to claim that FulText
> indexes are also markup too!  In fact, any and every structure then
> becomes markup.  In that case, please tell me what word you would
> like to use for "little codes inserted in the text that tell me
> something about its structure", and I will reword the problem to
> ask for that instead.

How about 'inline markup' as opposed to 'external' or 'out-of-line'
markup?  Simple, clear, and avoids the ontological difficulties inherent
in the claim that saying 'Passage X is a blort' counts as 'marking
up' the passage in one case, but does not count as 'marking up' the
passage in another case, depending on where I am when I say it.

Yes, I think some people on this list would say full text indices and
other auxiliary data structures can be classed as markup, at least under
some definitions.  I would, at least.  External markup has some
advantages and some disadvantages vis-a-vis inline markup, but I'd say
it's still most usefully considered, and referred to as, markup.

-C. M. Sperberg-McQueen