# 2021-04-01 16:24:45.236361 UTC (+0000)
Gopher and XHTML merge.
In an effort by looking at the gemini protocol, we at the G3C are
working on improving user experience. We hope to solve this gap of
markup and extensibility by using XHTML in gopher menus, the Gopher
Markup Language – GML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE gml PUBLIC "-//G3C//DTD GML 1.0 STRICT//EN"
"
gopher://g3c.org/0/gml.dtd">
<gml>
<hole>
<title>Bitreich.org</title>
</hole>
<menu>
<item type="0"
href="
gopher://bitreich.org/0/hacker-manifesto.txt"
icon="::second-coming:daytime=morning::">
Read the Bitreich Manifesto.
</item>
<item type="1"
href="
gopher://bitreich.org/1/bithub"
icon="::long-dick:skin-tone=3,circumcised=no::">
Watch Porn and be happy.
</item>
</menu>
</gml>
The icons are using the new smiley standard we are working on at G3C.
We hope to have all gopher clients supporting this standard by the end of
2021 and so going into a brighter future!
Sincerely yours,
20h
G3C Head Progress Advocate (HPA)