- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 15:49:47 -0800
- To: Dr. Olaf Hoffmann <Dr.O.Hoffmann@gmx.de>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On Dec 1, 2007, at 9:29 AM, Dr. Olaf Hoffmann wrote: > > Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > >> >> I'm not sure any of your remaining suggestions could be seriously >> intended, so I'll stop here. >> >> - Maciej >> > > Well, I'm mainly asking, because I'm not sure, what is a useful > and consistent way to specify such a language HTML - > HyperTextMarkupLanguage. > Obviously there are very different opinions and approaches > from different people inside the working group and outside > too. And it seems to be different from the HTML4 approach. > A markup language for text is in general not much related to > audio, video or graphical content at all, but if one starts to add > specific elements for other contents, suddenly the choice gets > very arbitrary if the list is not complete. They should be chosen based on: - Functionality for Web documents and Web applications - Expressing document and application semantics - Having valid, common use cases - Compatibility with existing practice This clearly covers 'video' and rules out ideas like 'smell' (it's semantic but would not have a real use case or provide real functionality today), or combining the 'script', 'style' and 'canvas' elements (not compatible with existing practice, muddled semantics, no use case relative to separate elemenets). While this is not a line drawn with mathematical precision, surely we both understand that language design requires judgment. Regards, Maciej
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