Re: Level of specification detail (Was Re: Proposal to Adopt HTML5)

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:28:36 +0200, Henrik Dvergsdal  
<henrik.dvergsdal@hibo.no> wrote:
> If we put HTML4.01 at one end of the scale and ECMA-262 at the other,  
> where should we place HTML5?
>
> If we go for a very high level of detail, I think it will be useful to  
> have a superficial, syntactically oriented author view on the spec so  
> that authors/developers can share the same source without having to  
> relate to all the algorithms.
>
> In most cases authors/developers don't need the algorithms - they just  
> need to validate the syntax and then check with the browsers if things  
> work/look ok.

Instead of talking about how to do the specification perhaps you should  
have a look at the proposal and comment on where it doesn't meet your  
needs. I think that would be a more constructive way of moving forward.


-- 
Anne van Kesteren
<http://annevankesteren.nl/>
<http://www.opera.com/>

Received on Wednesday, 11 April 2007 09:33:38 UTC