Re: supporting both formats html5 & xhtml5 re: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/html5/#xhtml5

ryan wrote:
> On Dec 19, 2007, at 6:27 AM, Dean Edridge wrote:
>> Have you not heard of "one web" ?
>> A XHTML5 web page MUST be accessible to all devices, otherwise how 
>> can it be used?
>
> Perhaps you should just use HTML5 instead?

Oh I see. So now you're deciding that XHTML5 is not needed and I best go 
and use another language instead?
Typical attitude from your crowd.

>
>> Do you expect people using XHTML5 to use content-negotiation for 
>> ever? If so, they will never be able to use the benefits of XHTML5 
>> such as embedding SVG into a document.
>
> SVG is on the list of things to specify in the HTML5 non-xml 
> serialization:
>
> http://www.whatwg.org/issues/

Same as above. Not your place to decide that other people don't need XHTML5.

>
>> A person should be able to create a web page in XHTML5 and have it 
>> supported by *all* user-agents. If not, the whole idea of "one web" 
>> gets thrown out the window.
>
> Why isn't support of HTML5 (non-xml) not enough to have "one web"?

It's not for you to decide that I or other people don't need XHTML5 
Ryan. The point of having HTML5 and XHTML5 is to give people options.


Dean Edridge