- From: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:16:24 +0100
- To: public-colloquial-contrib@w3.org
On 18 September 2011 15:38, Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com> wrote: > > > > On Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Dave Pawson wrote: > >> Up a level? What you have above is a definition of a 'standards document'? > Correct, it's actually a "de jure" standard: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_jure_standard > >> I might take a view that a 'standard' is something widely used as a >> common [api? format?] > I see, that is referred to as a "de facto standard": > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto_standard Good enough for me. > > >> I.e. having a document is the first part (mostly necessary), the >> real standard is >> the next stage where the document is widely used, without (much) extension. >> Is sax a 'standard' compared to html? So sax would be the de facto standard. HTML 5 (as yet) de joure? > Anyway, we should settle on one or two tasks for the group to begin with. +1 Any favourites yet? further proposals? regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. Docbook FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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