- From: Dean Jackson <dino@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:36:41 +1100
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: public-appformats@w3.org
On 11/01/2007, at 11:53 AM, Ian Hickson wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2007, Dean Jackson wrote: >> >> This comment comes from the W3C Staff. >> >> Please remove the references to the HTML5 specification, at least >> in the >> version published by the W3C. To be clear, this is not a negative >> comment on HTML5 -- the reference is ok, but a W3C specification >> should >> not rely on normative behaviour described in an unstable >> specification. >> >> For example: >> >>> Security contexts are (or will be) described in the HTML5 >>> specification. >> [HTML5] >> >> Hopefully new work on HTML at the W3C can allow such a reference >> in the >> near future. > > I have changed the reference to be an informative reference. You are > absolutely correct that it is inapproriate for the specification to > normatively refer to incomplete specifications. Thanks. This obviously satisfies my request and I hope we can soon refer to the material normatively. Dean
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