The XML Bookmark Exchange Language, or XBEL, is an interchange
format for the hierarchical bookmark data used by current
Internet browsers. It is defined as an application of the
Extensible Markup Language, or XML [BPSM98]. This section
descibes the origin of the effort which created the XML Bookmark
Exchange Language (XBEL), identifies the contributors, and
provides information on the availability of the public text of
the DTD and additional documentation on the applications which
support XBEL. The XML Bookmark Exchange Language is a product of
the Python XML Special Interest Group (XML-SIG), sponsored by
the Python Software Activity (PSA). The initial intent of the
XBEL effort was to create a demonstration of XML facilities
available to Python programmers which would also be useful. The
initial idea for XBEL was contributed by Mark Hammond. Mark sent
his idea to the Python XML-SIG mailing list. This was closely
followed by discussions and additional ideas by many of the list
participants. The following peop