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The usv github repository says it is "the standard for data markup of ...", has 66 stars, and is currently applying for "text/usv" MIME type. That's all about it.

Maybe I'll consider it when it does not belong to a company, has two more zeros in the number of stars, and has RFC/ISO attached to it. Because right now it is not much more of a "standard" than a hobby project I create on a whim.

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Thanks. That was supposed to say "a standards-track" and goofed. Fixed now.

By the way, USV doesn't belong to a company. It's just me. RFC/ISO is work in progress, and I submitted IETF ID 00 last week.

Yeah, I can't imagine the ego one needs to basically go "Hey everyone, I've invented a new standard!"...

About the most annoying thing about the modern Internet is this kind of chip-on-the-shoulder comment about "oh he has such a big ego" and nonsense like that.

Man, I preferred it when people could just write up and propose things. The insufferable "is that professional?", "What about consensus?", "Wow the ego to propose something".

Time to return to monke.

Yeah I agree, the project seems like a decent enough idea to discuss, and by the amount of engagement it's getting here there is some data to back up that assertion.

Additionally I'm sure that those ("they have such a big ego") types of comments and thoughts existed in the early internet as well since its fairly human reaction whenever anyone tries to build or propose something that disrupts the status quo.

What a Pedantic take on what constitutes a 'standard'.

We'll be waiting on baited breath

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