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Re: New issue: error recovery practices (Re: Proposed TAG Finding: Internet Media Type registration, consistency of use)

From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 16:18:41 +0200
Message-ID: <5759473296.20020603161841@w3.org>
To: www-tag@w3.org, "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>

On Saturday, June 1, 2002, 1:43:08 AM, Simon wrote:

SSL> Maybe it's too late for text/html, but perhaps the transition to
SSL> application/xhtml+xml is an opportunity to make clear that solid Web
SSL> architecture can only be built on trustworthy foundations.
 
Yee haw. What he said, a dozen times.

The relevance to XML in protocols being - once its broken, you can't
fix it. you only get one shot. If version 1.0 or 0.1 of a protocol
tolerates some form of slop or brokenness or silent fixing of errors,
you will be stuck with it forever.


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 Chris                            mailto:chris@w3.org
Received on Monday, 3 June 2002 10:19:54 GMT

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