- From: Philip Taylor (Webmaster) <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:13:35 +0000
- To: public-html-wg-announce@w3.org
According to my analysis, there were 34 members of the WG who did not agree with the proposed publication. May I respectfully ask on what basis you (Dan C) have therefore decided that 51 votes in favour represents the consensus that is required before publication may proceed ? Philip TAYLOR -------- Dan Connolly wrote: > Thanks to everyone who responded to the formal proposal > to publish the design principles draft, as well as > everyone who participated in other parts of the discussion. > http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/wdhdp/results > > While not all comments have been addressed to the satisfaction > of all working group participants, there is considerable > support for publication (51 "Yes, agree" responses, in particular). > > There were two 'no' votes and one formal objection: > > "No, the Design Principles as currently formulated make reference > to putative HTML 5 elements about which there is widespread > disagreement (<i> and (b>, to name but two). The Design Principles > should be cast in abstract language so as not to appear to lend > support to any particular putative HTML 5 feature, element, > attribute, etc." > > That seems to fall under the category of a comment on the document > that can be addressed in future drafts, not a critical reason > to continue to delay publication. > > We are resolved, then, to release HTML Design Principles as > a W3C Working Draft. > > Mike Smith will please work with Maciej Stachowiak > and Anne van Kesteren to get the document published > on http://www.w3.org/TR/ > > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/html5/principles/ >
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