Re: OFFICIAL PROTEST - Current Editor's Draft MUST be a W3C document

On 27.10.2010 20:42, John Foliot wrote:
> Chairs,
>
> I must strenuously protest that today the official W3C Editor's Draft
> Specification (http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/) is currently pointing to the
> WHATWG specification, which includes a number of items that are
> specifically *NOT* included in the W3C Draft, including the addition of
> Microdata (http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#microdata)
> and references to WebSRT
> (http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#websrt-cue-text-render
> ing-rules) - a format in particular that the Accessibility Task Force
> media sub-team have been persistent and explicit in ensuring *NOT* be
> added to the Draft Specification at this time.
>
> I personally would rather see a black 404 page than to have the W3C
> pointing to this document, which does not reflect the W3C specification
> nor it's consensus based approach. At the very least, it should point to
> the most current W3C Working Draft at
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-html5-20100624/
>
> When specifically can we expect this to be corrected?
>
> JF

--> <http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11153>

(So Sam doesn't need to advise us to raise bugs :-)

Best regards, Julian

Received on Wednesday, 27 October 2010 21:02:28 UTC