RE: Versioning and html[5]

Sander Tekelenburg [mailto:st@isoc.nl] wrote:
>They won't rot away as long as authoring tools (libraries included) keep on
>generating invalid and proprietary output.

Agreed.

>I believe that applies to Microsoft's authoring tools as well.

Actually, I think that statement is wildly less true than it was even a couple of years ago.

>It would be really helpful if Microsoft
>(and all other authoring tools authors) would improve the output of their
>authoring tools in this respect. That way there would actually be a chance of
>that rot happening. In other words, I invite you to participate in the Web
>Repair Initiative: <http://webrepair.org/>.

I agree, and that seems like a great mission.  You might want to talk to David Storey at Opera (Chief Web Opener), who has a very similar mission.

-Chris

Received on Friday, 13 April 2007 18:18:25 UTC