Stepping back as W3C HTML spec co-editor

Hi All,

Just a quick note that I won't be able to find enough time to remain a
co-editor of the HTML5 spec and am stepping away from the role.

I'm not even sure if that is an official role continuing forward in
the module-based approach, but I wanted to make sure that people don't
rely on my editorship from here on.

I have been fortunate to contribute to the final steps of taking HTML5
to Recommendation and congratulate the WG on this achievement.

My personal contribution was mostly two-fold:
1. I wanted to make sure that we continue to build on the excellent
work done in the WHATWG and patch only where necessary, and
2. I wanted to make sure that the media element related parts
(including track) are in prime shape for interoperability between
browsers.

I believe we've done pretty well on these fronts.

I wish the WG success in working towards the next version of the spec.

I believe the proposed module based approach will be an interesting experiment.
It has the potential to make it easier to keep on top of changes to
subparts of the spec that one is keenly interested in.
It also has the potential to marry testing to the changes, thus
inherently tracking interoperability of implementations.

I will remain a WG member, so you'll continue to see me around
expressing my opinions.

Best Regards,
Silvia.

Received on Sunday, 2 November 2014 03:13:58 UTC