Not really kept an eye on XHTML, having been an early convert to XML with standard reference libraries of Schema and Schema fragments, as the basis of sharing semantics – on the web or however. This update on XHTML2 is interesting … in the words of a comment on XML.org “[of XHTML] Simple functionality and common sense appear — at least temporarily — to have triumphed over byzantine theological imperatives.” Hmm, yes, data modelling committees, I remember those.
Interesting too, for reasons not immediately apparent, that it includes a couple of snippets from Joyce’s Ulysses, but that might explain why Jorn picked up on it.