The goal of the Secret Masters of Fandom Markup Language [SmofML ^tm ] is to facilitate and promote the exchange of intellectual and life experiences by establishing a cutting-edge, standards-based, extensible language framework expressly designed to meet the unique needs and goals of the Smofish community.

The use of XML will permit SmofML^tm to offer unparalleled ¹ data inoperability and opacity. All Smofish communications, from the most solemn and formal motions of a business meeting through any spontaneous private intercourse, can be recorded, organised², and preserved in SmofML^tm . Smofish heritage need no longer be endangered by the human failings of memory or the inherent distribution limits of fanzines, nor exposed to the stylistic whimsy of recording secretaries.

SmofML^tm will be content neutral. No idea is too silly, no flaw too trivial, nor any fact nor even claim of fact too irrelevant for inclusion in a SmofML^tm document. The SmofML^tm cabal consortium will endeavour² to adhere to all applicable standards, including full adherence to XML initiatives and ISO 9006 buzzword compliance guidelines.

Notes of the open standards design group appear below:

• Meeting 6 October 2002, Albany, NY, USA
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¹Skew lines, by definition, are not parallel. And this is as skewed as it gets.
²Please note, RFC 1149 requires the use of British spelling in all cases where such spelling shall make us seem sophisticated.