- From: Robert J Burns <rob@robburns.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:32:41 -0600
- To: Philip TAYLOR <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
- Cc: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, public-html@w3.org
I agree with what Roy says as well[1]. I think this also suggests some ways the spec could be broken out and modularized to great advantage. I see several distinct parts of HTML5 that could stand on their own. 1) a markup parsing and serialization specification — with thoroughly specified error handling — that could apply as much to SGML (if DTD support was added back into it) as it applies to HTML 2) modified HTML language and DOM specification 3) a web browser behavior specification (as Roy called it) including the thorough specification of DOM method and attribute processing algorithms All three of these parts could stand on their own. The HTML language and DOM specification — as it currently stands — is also the weakest part of the draft. It fails to take into consideration the needs of users and authors and shows a drastic misunderstanding of HTML authoring. IMO, it would be best break the draft out into these three separate recommendations. Though there are dependencies here, these three have clear boundaries that allow their separation. a ) While HTML and its DOM need a parsing and serialization specification, it can potentially (and does) support multiple parsing/ serialization approaches. b) While the browser behavior (and the precise specification of processing algorithms) is dependent upon the HTML language and DOM specification, it is likewise dependent on a great number of other language and DOM specifications. c) Conversely, we should not assume that the HTML language and DOM will be processed only by a browser. Take care, Rob On Nov 14, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Philip TAYLOR wrote: > > Mark Baker wrote: > >> I think we've had this discussion before 8-) >> As often happens, Roy says it better than I could; >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Nov/0430.html > > And Roy also summarises my feelings perfectly. > Philip TAYLOR > [1]: <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Nov/0430.html>
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