- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 21:51:47 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > Larry wrote: > > < In 2007, an agreement was reached between WHATWG and W3C to > > < work together on HTML, starting from the WHATWG document already > > < under development. The W3C HTML was formed. > > That sequence of events is not chronologically accurate. The W3C HTML WG > was planned largely without formal input from the WHAT WG. Actually this is an understatement. The W3C at no time contacted the WHATWG, and did not contact me until I had sent unsolicited input -- and even then, the contact was in the form of unofficial back-channel questions. I don't think the W3C ever officially acknowledged the existence of the WHATWG until the charter was published. (Furthermore, many parts of my feedback were ignored; for instance, the timeline I put forward, which so far has proved quite accurate, was ignored in favour of a fantasy that would have us in CR right now (!)). -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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