On Sep 21, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Sam Ruby wrote:
> Without consulting with other co-chairs, the same day announcement of a plugin (and therefore with effectively zero deployment to date) is unlikely to change anybody's mind.
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> While that is clearly new information, a list of sites that merely "was not presented prior to the decision" is borderline at best. Issue 30 was raised in 2008 was discussed well before that. After 2.5+ years, the decision was based primarily on:
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> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/longdesc
> http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/issue-30-objection-poll/results
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Apr/1089.html
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> If you do feel you want to include such a list of sites, be prepared to explain why they were not included in the above.
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> My recommendation: take your time. Build your case. Most of all, do not assume that you will get multiple opportunities to do this. The intent of a decision is to get the working group to move on.
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In addition to Sam's comments, I would like to add that new information, once collected, should be brought to the attention of the full Working Group via a post on public-html.
Regards.
Maciej