- From: <bugzilla@jessica.w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:13:02 +0000
- To: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12854 Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com --- Comment #1 from Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com> 2011-06-02 22:13:01 UTC --- Plenty of things rely on registries. You have to use common sense: if the IETF registry for MIME types is down due to a network outage at the data center they use, that doesn't suddenly make all MIME types invalid until it's back up. Likewise, if the wiki page is briefly vandalized, wait until it's fixed. As Wikipedia demonstrates, things like deleting the page contents don't have to last long on a wiki. The microformats wiki has served as a de facto registry for a long time. If there turn out to be practical problems with using a wiki for an official registry, that can be dealt with at the time, possibly by requiring wiki edits to undergo moderation or similar. However, there's no reason to worry until it proves to be a problem in practice. Other registries (like the MIME type registry) have tended to be extremely incomplete or out-of-date because of the difficulty of registering new entries. It's worth trying to find out if this way works better. -- Configure bugmail: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug.
Received on Thursday, 2 June 2011 22:13:04 UTC