Re: allow use of HTML5 doctype in W3C specs

On 18 Aug 2011, at 1:34 PM, Anne van Kesteren wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:27:29 +0200, Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote:
>> On 18 Aug 2011, at 1:24 PM, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
>>> Why is this discussed in Team-only space and not on spec-prod? It seems fair that people doing the actual work have a say in the matter.
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>> At time the Team chooses to work out differences internally first, then come forward with a position. This is one of those times. And we've been slowed down by vacations.
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> We do not really have to discuss this further I suppose (it is as it is), but I think this is as problematic as Working Groups making "formal" comments on each other's work, which in practice is usually a comment-by-proxy from a couple of people in the Working Group trying to make their point seem overly important. In fact it might be slightly worse, as by having your discussion Team-only we get no insight in how you arrived at your position.

I would expect us to provide rationale for a decision. Is this what you expect? Or fleshed out discussion?

Ian

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