- From: Jeff Schiller <codedread@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 11:41:32 -0500
- To: public-html@w3.org, www-html@w3.org, gazhay@gmail.com
Woof! Ok, I'd like to apologize for getting off into "analogy" world here. To get things back on track: Gareth, is the technical motive behind your position that you believe user agents may incorrectly process non-conforming documents ? If the HTML5 spec covers how the user agents should process non-conforming documents, then I fail to see how this would be possible. Jeff On 5/4/07, Jeff Schiller <codedread@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/4/07, Gareth Hay <gazhay@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm sure we are all aware that grammatical errors in texts /can/ > > completely mislead a reader unintentionally. > > Sure, I will concede this. There are some grammatical errors that can > mislead a reader unintentionally. There are other errors that a > reader can perfectly understand without any loss of meaning. But does > not mean you should place a draconian restriction that all > communication must be grammatically correct or the communication is > disallowed? > > That may be fine for libraries consisting of legal or medical > libraries, but not for libraries available to the masses. I certainly > still want to read my Huck Finn and Robinson Crusoe... >
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