[DECISION] Publish HTML 5 and differences doc as Working Drafts

At this time, I would like to direct Mike Smith to work with Ian Hickson 
and Anne van Kesteren to update as necessary and then publish the 
following editor's drafts as W3C Working Drafts:

   http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/
   http://dev.w3.org/html5/html4-differences/

I will note that "Consensus is not a prerequisite for approval to 
publish; the Working Group MAY request publication of a Working Draft 
even if it is unstable and does not meet all Working Group requirements."

I'm making this decision simply because it is time to move on.  It does 
not mean that the group has decided that any feature mentioned in the 
draft is "in", or that any feature not mentioned in the spec is "out". 
In particular, it does not mean that the group has decided against the 
inclusion of warnings.

I base my decision on the consideration, and ultimate withdrawal, of a 
number of alternatives:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Jul/0924.html
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Jul/0944.html
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Aug/0069.html
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Aug/0128.html
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Aug/0272.html
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Aug/0330.html
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Aug/0492.html
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Aug/0539.html
http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/wd08/results
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Aug/0932.html

This is a decision, and therefore subject to Formal Objections.  If 
anybody wishes to do so, now would be the time to raise such objections. 
  I will note that this decision is not based on either unanimity or 
consensus but will state that I can clearly demonstrate the WG was 
consulted and that a significant portion of the WG supports the outcome.

- Sam Ruby

Received on Tuesday, 18 August 2009 11:43:24 UTC