I agree. I may have misinterpreted the original comment. Yes, in that way XML is indeed a better way to put it. I'd still stand by my opinion on not-making for

I agree. I may have misinterpreted the original comment. Yes, in that way XML is indeed a better way to put it. I'd still stand by my opinion on not-making formatting information as separate tags and blowing the tree one level deeper. Preserving formatting options as index based properties would make editing APIs simpler and convenient. Again, this is nothing in regard to the original comment. Just putting it out there.