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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
... And as far as the evolution of the web is concerned, it is becoming more semantic, not less....
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I am not sure I understand this statement, at least in the context of presentation, which is at the core of my argument for PDF.
I would have imagined, that the web was quintessentially semantic, at its earliest beginnings, at the time of the original WorldWideWeb browser.
But now we have Flash, and video, and embedded fonts, and non-reflowable layouts, and non-reflowable ads.... The web is certainly not there, in terms of presentation capabilities, but it is well on its way. For an example, see
this.
The ultimate goal is not freely reflowable content, randomly presented - we already have this, and have had it right from the primitive beginings.
The goal is to have the capability of fixed presentation, when required by complex (and yes, meaningful, to human users) layouts, combined with computer post-processing friendliness. And I don't see anything better than PDF to accomplish this, at this time.