> nothing in its design depends on the Web or a JavaScript environment. It is an open standard specifically designed for embedding in multiple contexts, and we

> nothing in its design depends on the Web or a JavaScript environment. It is an open standard specifically designed for embedding in multiple contexts, and we expect that stand-alone implementations will become available in the future. I did not realize that the design was this ambitious! I wonder how lightweight a standalone implementation could be, while still getting competitive performance.