- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:54:04 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Dan Connolly wrote: > > Yes, the LC milestone needs updating. I'm mulling it over; advice is > welcome. Realistically, based on the volume of feedback received and the rate of going through feedback (which is actually significantly faster than the rate that, e.g., the CSS working group has gone through feedback historically) I would estimate that we can reach LC around October 2009. > > I've updated the FAQ on this: > > > > http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#When_will_HTML_5_be_finished.3F > > I see "It is estimated that HTML5 will reach a W3C recommendation in the > year 2022 or later". > > While it's subject to change, the plan of record is: > > 2010-09 HTML5 Recommendation > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/#sched > http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter.html#deliverables That's the W3C plan of record, not the WHATWG's. The FAQ above is the WHATWG's. (BTW, I just updated it based on changes over the past week.) > Please include that estimate instead of or in addition to any other > estimates when you're describing this project to wide audiences. Done. > > Also, I think it would help to emphasise how different parts of the > > spec have different levels of maturity (e.g. how <canvas> is widely > > implemented and shipping, whereas <datagrid> is just a draft). > > I have repeatedly found that attempts to mix maturity levels in one > document are not cost-effective; the best way to explain to people that > <datagrid> has a different status from <canvas> is to put it in a > different document. I hope you'll give the idea serious consideration. I already have; see: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Nov/0447.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Dec/0046.html ...for my conclusions. The WHATWG spec now has live in-band annotations that anyone can edit, which also allow for links to test cases and demos, as well as a summary of implementation status, to be added on a per-section basis. Hopefully this will mitigate the problems to which you refer. HTH, -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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