Markup languages and CML

1. Need for an extensible open self-defining Markup language identified at WWW94, CERN, May 25-27 1994.
2. CML First outlined 21 August, 1995 in Chicago ACS.
3. December 1996, Rembrandt Hotel, London: the XML Developers forum established, with the xml-dev discussion list (1997-1999)
4. 1997-1999. CML was recast as (probably the first domain specific) XML language.
   
5. The future: HTML5 and SVG and mobile devices? (see CML Blog)