- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:33:10 +0200
- To: Philip TAYLOR <Philip-and-LeKhanh@Royal-Tunbridge-Wells.Org>
- CC: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Philip TAYLOR wrote: >>> "Generally speaking, authors are discouraged from trying to use XML on >>> the Web, because XML has much stricter syntax rules than the "HTML5" >>> variant described above, and is relatively newer and therefore less >>> mature." > >> Out of context, this sounds really bad, because it looks like an >> attempt to discourage use of XML *in general*. Minimally, this should >> be rephrased to say "XHTML" instead of "XML". > > I do not think that even your re-cast version really addresses the problem. > Do we /really/ want to argue that HTML5 washes whiter than the other > leading brand ? I most certainly don't. Additionally, many of us > would undoubtedly argue that the "stricter syntax rules" of XML are > positively beneficial and that HTML5 bends over backwards (far too far, > IMHO) to pander to the inabilities and inadequacies of the technologically > illiterate. I agree with all the above, but I'm really not looking forward to discussing this issue with the editors, thus I made a *minimal* proposal. Best regards, Julian
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