- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:31:10 -0500
- To: Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com>
- CC: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Larry Masinter wrote: > (I don't know how I managed to attract action items to re-review issues > long since beaten-to-death, but I'm trying to deal with them in good > faith and hoping bring a fresh perspective. Sometimes this means rehashing > things, I'm afraid.) > >> ISSUE-4 is whether or not HTML5 needs a versioning mechanism; the WHATWG >> position is no. Those that do feel that there needs to be a versioning >> mechanism (e.g., Microsoft) seem motivated to find a solution that works >> with the HTML serialization of HTML 5. > > I had proposed closing ISSUE-60, based on a misunderstanding, and > I'm trying to explain why I now think it needs to remain open. > > My view was that ISSUE-60 on namespaces could be addressed if there > is a versioning mechanism which can disambiguate between different > languages that share the same namespace (as a possible resolution > to ISSUE-4). If not, ISSUE-60 should remain open with action items > to coordinate between the W3C working groups defining the different > languages which share the same namespace. Note that I am not > proposing that the action item on ISSUE-60 should be "change > the namespace", but rather on coordination. Will this action suffice http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/actions/105 ? - Sam Ruby
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