Yes this proved out. My suggestion for a common tree-addressing language became XPath.

For an object lesson read @nakhthor.bsky.social 's Polis, which shows how democracy is not a shallow invented idea but a lived process with a vitality which can survive and largely subvert autocracy (my interpretation, not his), if it has the opportunity. Small D democrats should take courage.

here's the TOC for Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century!

the Introduction and Practical Materials section are both pretty hefty, about 15k words each (three parts of 5k words in both), and each contributor's essay is 2-3k words