- From: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:17:35 +0100
- To: Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>
- Cc: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>, Karl Dubost <karl+w3c@la-grange.net>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Also sprach Robin Berjon:
> > On the other hand, no one has replied to the "it's not clear what
> > the reasoning behind having this first draft be normative is, so it
> > sounds like there are ulterior motives that are not being disclosed"
> > questions that were raised... Those questions were basically trying
> > to tiptoe about the above characterization of the situation, as far
> > as I can tell.
>
> In the spirit of tiptoeing around the situation some more, I'd like to
> point out that Working Drafts are NEVER normative. Only
> Recommendations are.
WDs themselves claim to have normative and non-normative parts. E.g.,
search for "normative" in this document:
http://www.w3.org/Style/Group/css2-src/cover.html
So, while the WD isn't a Rec until it's a Rec, the text in the WD
certainly has to be conscious of whether -- and what parts -- it plans
to make normative.
-h&kon
Håkon Wium Lie CTO °þe®ª
howcome@opera.com http://people.opera.com/howcome
Received on Thursday, 29 January 2009 23:18:55 UTC