That's fair enough, but I guess I just don't think there's enough... commitment in that? I appreciate the point about meta-standards vs. standards. I think I'm

That's fair enough, but I guess I just don't think there's enough... commitment in that? I appreciate the point about meta-standards vs. standards. I think I'm more looking for concrete technical standards (to obviate all others before them![1]) than meta-standards. The web has advanced significantly in the last few years, perhaps even as a result of this meta-standard, but ultimately I'm skeptical that competition between entities that don't have the same goal will "succeed"[2] in any objective sense. The point me be a a bit muddled at this point, but think "principal agent problem". [1] Because that always works! (Find your own XKCD) [2] Yeah, I know. Everybody has a different idea of what that means.