- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:47:22 -0500
- To: public-html@w3.org
In his message of Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:10:47 -0700, David Hyatt says he has very different views from those of Ian Hickson on the topic of versioning. This topic is large enough that I'm reluctant to try to treat it as one issue (in my issue list scratchpad http://www.w3.org/html/wg/il16 it sorta sits under "TAG liaison"). But perhaps it's worth a shot. David, would you please offer a summary of the issue as you see it so far? I suppose others are welcome to offer summaries too, but I'm particularly interested in David's take. Ian's message of 18 Apr surveys a few points in the design space that led up to the choice of <!DOCTYPE html>. I recommend it to anyone who hasn't managed to read it so far. http://www.w3.org/mid/Pine.LNX.4.62.0704180913450.17772@dhalsim.dreamhost.com I think discussion of a version attribute is novel with respect to the designs summarized there. Syntax involving comments have also been mentioned. (Yes, it's ugly, but it still merits consideration.) I particularly appreciate the sort of test-driven approach to the thread in which that message appears... A Concrete Example for the HTML Versioning Debate http://www.w3.org/mid/da131fde0704172121j2fea8cf3va210f3412769f1b9@mail.gmail.com By Jeff Schiller's own admission, the example there is contrived. I'm very interested in examples that are not contrived; i.e examples where both sides of the issue grant that it's an interesting case to consider, though their opinions on how the case should be treated may differ. My favorite form of working group decision includes concrete test cases of this sort. I think it's useful for a summary to include discussion of design principles such as "Don't Break The Web" and others in the Compatibility section of the wiki topic. http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/ProposedDesignPrinciples I'm also interested in any objective, testable requirements available in this design space. I think Chris Wilson's "Versioning and html[5]" essay includes some requirements involving deployed content, but I haven't been able to crystallize them in my mind. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Apr/0612.html Working in this sort of background justification would be very valuable, but if it's too much trouble, then don't bother. But please do tell us which designs you've considered and which ones you think are good ways to proceed. -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ D3C2 887B 0F92 6005 C541 0875 0F91 96DE 6E52 C29E
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