Re: Differences between WHATWG and W3C specs

Hi Jens,

The definition of cite (and blockquote) is under active discussion and
editing currently (suggest you look in HTML WG archives of past few
months). The changes made to cite/blockquote are a result of these
discussions. If you have specific input on such changes I encourage you to
respond on bug(s) [1]


As to the more process related aspect of your question

to wonder how useful maintaining two specs really is—and whether we on the
> W3C
> side take the appropriate steps to keep such differences to a minimum?
>

Can I suggest you move it to the public-html-admin list [2] as that is the
appropriate list for it.

As to the editorial question of why Ian became Hillary?, as I edit the spec
(when I remember to) try to make use of both genders in examples where
practical.

[1]
https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23008
https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23175
https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=22996

[2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-admin/

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Regards

SteveF
HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>


On 20 September 2013 03:17, Jens O. Meiert <jens@meiert.com> wrote:

> There are many differences between the WHATWG and W3C HTML specs.
>
> I’d like to pick a simple example, the <cite> element [1,2], to wonder
> how useful maintaining two specs really is—and whether we on the W3C
> side take the appropriate steps to keep such differences to a minimum?
>
> To use the <cite> example, it doesn’t seem clear what the benefit is
> to remove important parts like “A person's name is not the title of a
> work” (I’ve just observed confusion on a WebAIM list [3]—the WHATWG
> spec was clear about this), and I’d claim it’s not a good use of time
> to change things like names (for example, Ian became Hillary).
>
> In whose interest is this?
>
> If there really is need for two specs, though I don’t want to open
> this can here, what does the group think about limiting changes and
> differences to what reflects insurmountable dispute between groups? Is
> that something to embed in the group charter?
>
>
> [1]
> http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-cite-element
> [2]
> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/text-level-semantics.html#the-cite-element
> [3] http://webaim.org/discussion/mail_message?id=24285
>
>
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> Jens O. Meiert
> http://meiert.com/en/
>
>