- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:56:35 +0100
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- CC: Norman Walsh <Norman.Walsh@marklogic.com>, public-html@w3.org
On 28.12.2010 22:39, Ian Hickson wrote: > ... > In what sense is there a _growing_ chasm between HTML and XML? HTML today > is significantly closer to XML than HTML4 was, for example it supports the > "/" syntax on void elements, it allows xmlns="" talismans, etc. Surely the > two are in fact closer than ever. Indeed even before the HTMLWG was > restarted at the W3C, the WHATWG had spent significant efforts in getting > them as close as possible while maintaining backwards compatibility. > ... One factor here certainly is perception. HTML5 documents a chasm that was already there. It makes it more clear what the chasm is. That being said, it *is* growing partly. For instance, HTML5 didn't need to add new void elements, and it could have ruled them out for the future. Best regards, Julian
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