- From: Frederick Hirsch <frederick.hirsch@nokia.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:09:55 -0500
- To: ext Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>
- Cc: Frederick Hirsch <frederick.hirsch@nokia.com>, Marcin Hanclik <Marcin.Hanclik@access-company.com>, "Barstow Art (Nokia-CIC/Boston)" <Art.Barstow@nokia.com>, public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>
+1, duplicating material is a recipe for disaster. regards, Frederick Frederick Hirsch Nokia On Dec 2, 2009, at 8:22 AM, ext Robin Berjon wrote: > On Dec 1, 2009, at 22:22 , Marcin Hanclik wrote: >>>> Can you please update this to just be a delta? >> As far as I know W3C specs, delta documents are usually errata or >> WG Notes. > > What we have been calling delta specification in WebApps are > specifications that add to another. For instance, WARP adds the > <access> element to P+C. It doesn't make some huge cut and paste of P > +C just because it modifies. This is as much about sane editing > practice and being able to work with a team as it is about clean > architecture and separation of concerns. > > The expectation was that WARP4U would add something to WARP, perhaps > attributes, perhaps attribute values, perhaps child elements, and > certainly some processing. It's a delta spec. It's not considered to > be the next version, it's a different feature set. > >> Therefore I would keep the document as it is. > > I then have to maintain the strongest objection possible to it being > published, even as FPWD. Such copying is inappropriate, and will > lead to no end of editorial problems. It fosters confusion and > brings no value. > > -- > Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/ > > > >
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