- From: Marcos Caceres <marcosscaceres@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:46:43 +0100
- To: "Michael(tm) Smith" <mike@w3.org>
- Cc: "Boris Zbarsky" <bzbarsky@mit.edu>, "Anne van Kesteren" <annevk@opera.com>, public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Michael(tm) Smith <mike@w3.org> wrote: > > Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>, 2008-09-19 09:35 -0400: > >> Anne van Kesteren wrote: >> > http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/XMLHttpRequest/#send >> >> Oh, right. I keep forgetting that the spec actually on the main W3C site >> has no bearing on reality... Is there a good reason it's there at all? :( > > It's intended in part to be a way to keep all our law-abiding > citizen readers in the general public informed about what progress > if any the group is making on the spec. Those of us who are > actually members of the Mongols, Boozefighters, Bandidos, or other > MCs should always follow the editor's draft instead. > This does bring up the wider issue of the importance of Editor's drafts. I think more emphasis should be put on the standard W3C template for WDs to point to an editor's draft (if one is publicaly available). Most specs get grossly outdated within a few days of publication on the TR page. -- Marcos Caceres http://datadriven.com.au
Received on Friday, 19 September 2008 14:47:24 UTC