- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:51:30 -0700
- To: Dão Gottwald <dao@design-noir.de>
- Cc: David Hyatt <hyatt@apple.com>, Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>, public-html@w3.org
On Apr 24, 2007, at 6:36 PM, Dão Gottwald wrote: > Maciej Stachowiak schrieb: >>> I would like the version string to be: >>> >>> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 5.0//EN"> >>> >>> thus specifically identifying 5.0 in case we decide to do a 5.1, >>> 5.2, etc.. >> Did you read my message about why versioning (if we have it) >> should be in an attribute, not the doctype? [...] (and as Sam Ruby >> just pointed out, it doesn't work for HTML/XHTML embedded in RSS >> or Atom feeds). > > I don't see a single reason why version information is needed for > HTML in feeds. It just makes everything harder for everyone. > Especially for those who want to abuse the HTML version for doing > rendering mode switches, that would be insane to follow. I'd personally prefer not to have spec-level versioning at all, but if it is truly needed, then it has to be done in a way that addresses all the relevant use cases. Regards, Maciej
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