- From: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:51:31 -0400
- To: "Maciej Stachowiak" <mjs@apple.com>, "Chris Wilson" <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com>
- Cc: "Henri Sivonen" <hsivonen@iki.fi>, "Henrik Dvergsdal" <henrik.dvergsdal@hibo.no>, "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:30:11 -0400, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote: >> As Maciej said: >>> There is a summary of changes from HTML4 here: http:// >>> wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Changes_from_HTML4 > > I think having a change list is good. There's a limit to how much > detail is useful. The way HTML4 is written, it's often hard to tell > what the conformance requirements are, so documenting every clearly > stated conformance requirement that used to be an informative > statement, undefined or unstated would probably be too much detail. > > I'm hoping volunteers other than the spec editor can continue to > improve and miantain the description of changes. Yes. Whatever the approach, having the changes documented is valuable to the large number of people who are familiar with the HTML 4 spec. And in my experience, having a seperate person maintain the changes is a good test of how clear the developing spec is, although you need to know the HTML 4 spec well to do the job, and the change list needs to be reviewed by others familiar with both specs to check it is accurate. This is a fundamental part of being on the working group... cheers chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile, Opera Software: Standards Group hablo español - je parle français - jeg lærer norsk chaals@opera.com Try Opera 9.1 http://opera.com
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