I think IGES may be closer to an http hyperlinking 
capability than CGM is.  IGES, a widely used standard 
for CAD file exchange, is also in the process of being 
registered as a MIME type.  I don't know if there are any 
PD IGES browsers on the way, but there are several commercial 
ones (which probably don't yet handle http hyperlinking).  
> The real problem is not HTML, but implementation of modular browsers.
... or just other browsers with http linking capability, 
which can "interoperate" with HTML browsers.  
--Steve Waterbury.
                                           oo _\o
                                            \/\ \
                                              /
____________________________________________ oo ____________
"Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug."
- Knopfler