Re: Formal definition of HTML5 (was Re: Version information) from Henrik Dvergsdal on 2007-04-13 (public-html@w3.org from April 2007)

From: Henrik Dvergsdal <henrik.dvergsdal@hibo.no>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:41:42 +0200
To: public-html@w3.org
Message-Id: <1F0ED0A8-292E-4698-A5D6-F0A68E1172B8@hibo.no>

On 13. apr. 2007, at 11.05, Ian Hickson wrote:

>> How will the HTML5 language be formally defined?
>
> It's currently formally defined using English prose.

But there will eventually be a formal language definition right? I  
mean - you cannot validate documents against english prose.

So - how will it be defined?

And - is there a prototype definition out there?

Sivonens validation service mentions a "prerelease schema".

--
Henrik

Received on Friday, 13 April 2007 09:42:16 UTC