Reception and criticism British prime minister Stanley Baldwin described the OED as a "national treasure". Author Anu Garg, founder of Wordsmith.org, has called it a "lex icon". Tim Bray, co-creator of Extensible Markup Language (XML), credits the OED as the developing inspiration of that markup language.
reception and criticism british prime minister stanley baldwin described the oed as a "national treasure" author anu garg founder of wordsmithorg has called it a "lex icon" tim bray co-creator of extensible markup language (xml) credits the oed as the developing inspiration of that markup language