- From: Justin James <j_james@mindspring.com>
- Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:09:27 -0500
- To: "'Shelley Powers'" <shelley.just@gmail.com>
- Cc: "'HTMLWG WG'" <public-html@w3.org>
> It is irresponsible of us to encourage the use of unreleased and > unstable specifications. Even ones we like. > > Shelley That creates a "first mover" problem which will render HTML 5 forever stuck in limbo. HTML 5 will not become a full "recommendation" without two full and complete implementations. Therefore, HTML 5 will never because a 100% "released" and stable specification without encouraging its use before it has achieved that status. In fact, I'd say that most specs written in the modern era are like this. The days of having a spec develop in a bubble with everyone waiting on its public, stable release are OVER. Draft-N wireless, anyone? In reality, plenty specifications attempt to document the "baseline" where existing implementations overlap to provide a common ground that new implementations can start from. J.Ja
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