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Neil Jennings writes:
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MusicXML is plain text, just as all the markup languages are, but that
doesn't mean you don't have to decode it.
Can you decode even simple HTML by just reading it?.
MusicXML needs to be read along with the DTD.
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Well, yes, that's technically true. HTML was intended to be a
simple, unobtrusive markup that wouldn't interfere with readability.
I like to illustrate this by adding HTML to my message, which I'll
do now .....
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But most of the HTML you see in email is utterly unreadable by the
typical human. We can expect that most MusicXML will be similar
computer gibberish. Neither could be remotely called "plain" text.
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Of course, it's easy to find ABC that's nearly as unreadable.
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(Maybe we should refer ABC newbies to Jack Campin for lessons in
making readable ABC. ;-)
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I hope the list server doesn't strip out this HTML ...
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