Re: Definitions of standardisation and specification Re: Colloquial Tidbits

On 18 September 2011 15:38, Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com> wrote:
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> On Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Dave Pawson wrote:
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>> Up a level? What you have above is a definition of a 'standards document'?
> Correct, it's actually a "de jure" standard:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_jure_standard
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>>  I might take a view that a 'standard' is something widely used as a
>> common [api? format?]
> I see, that is referred to as a "de facto standard":
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto_standard

Good enough for me.

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>>  I.e. having a document is the first part (mostly necessary), the
>> real standard is
>>  the next stage where the document is widely used, without (much) extension.
>> Is sax a 'standard' compared to html?

So sax would be the de facto standard.
HTML 5 (as yet) de joure?



> Anyway, we should settle on one or two tasks for the group to begin with.

+1

Any favourites yet? further proposals?

regards




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