- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:49:25 -0400
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- CC: Leif Halvard Silli <lhs@malform.no>, Ben Adida <ben@adida.net>, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>, RDFa mailing list <public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf@w3.org>
Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > On Jul 30, 2009, at 7:13 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > >> Maciej Stachowiak wrote: >>> Your questioning seemed to imply my suggestion suggestion might not >>> be made in good faith. I think that is unwarranted. >> >> I did not mean to, and I apologize if it came off that way. >> >>> It seems that some WG participants are uncomfortable with a >>> perception of forks or branches, and I've suggested a way to proceed >>> that would appear less forky. >> >> My observation is simply this: such a proposal would be more credible >> if it were applied equally to micro-data and RDFa. > > Even with your clarification, I feel that your remarks have a "gotcha" > quality. As a result, the conversation is about my credibility, instead > of about the merits (or lack thereof) of making RDFa an orthogonal spec, > or the merits of making microdata an orthogonal spec. > > If you'd like a suggestion to be made about microdata, then making it > yourself might be a more fruitful approach than questioning why I didn't > make it. Sigh. Let me try again, this time stating only my opinions and attempting to factor out any reference to your remarks. Statement: Ian was named an editor of this working group in 2007. I think we can both agree to this. Statement: Ian has produced an editors draft including micro-data. I think we can both agree to this. Statement: Manu, et al., has produced an editors draft including micro-data and RDFa. I think we can both agree to this. Statement: The working group is obligated to publish Ian's draft including micro-data and excluding RDFa simply because Ian was named an editor and he chose to include micro-data and exclude RDFa. I disagree with the above statement. Note: I do not assert that you have made or implied the above. Statement: I (Sam Ruby) recommend that the Working Group publishes Ian's draft, including micro-data and excluding RDfa at this time as a Working Draft. I agree with the above statement. See [1] for more detail. > Regards, > Maciej [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Jul/0885.html
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