On Sunday 2007-05-13 20:46 +0100, David Woolley wrote: > > L. David Baron wrote: > >If something is implemented and used on the Web, it should stay in > >the HTML spec. Mark as deprecated if you want, but don't pretend > > You will also have to add back things like <tab> and <link rev="made">, > which are implemented and used (Lynx implements both; I think that some > other browsers implement rev="made"), but have dropped out of the spec > (<tab> was HTML 3.0, but rev=made is mainstream). There are probably > other things which have dropped out, but have been implemented. I don't think <tab> is used enough to count. > In passing, it is not normal for standards to include prior versions, or > even the complete specification, and there is a difference between a > standard and an implementation. It's necessary to do this so that the combination of the new features and old features is well-defined. Documents will combine them, whether you like it or not, unless you want to force implementations to pay the huge implementation and interoperability cost of having version-dependent behavior. -David -- L. David Baron <URL: http://dbaron.org/ > Technical Lead, Layout & CSS, Mozilla CorporationReceived on Sunday, 13 May 2007 20:01:08 GMT
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