[Bug 12570] Missing informative reference to PDF

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12570

Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|Missing normative reference |Missing informative
                   |to PDF                      |reference to PDF

--- Comment #6 from Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com> 2011-06-28 22:38:38 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> In that case, I would recommend that the reference be added as an informative
> reference (aka bibliographic).  I would say that any other format mentioned
> also be listed there as well, so that implementors have official references for
> any mentioned material.

That's a lot of work for no actual benefit I can see.  Implementers of HTML are
unlikely to want to implement most of these other formats, and they should be
as capable of finding the relevant standards as we are.

(In reply to comment #4)
> I am not familiar with the rules for W3C standards, but in other bodies where I
> have edited documents (ISO, ETSI, etc.) there are requirements that any other
> standard mentioned must be referenced in either normative or informative
> references.

I'm pretty sure that there is no such rule in W3C's Process.  Particularly not
for things only mentioned in passing in examples.

(In reply to comment #5)
> I guess you are right that this needs to be done at some point. Lowering
> priority as it is not very important.

Why does it need to be done at some point?

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Received on Tuesday, 28 June 2011 22:38:45 UTC