- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:36:35 -0500
- To: public-html@w3.org
While I'm still reluctant to make any critical decisions before following up with some people who have indicated interest in participating, I suppose it's time to start brainstorming, at least. I like test cases. I know at least a few other participants do too. I'm not quite sure how to organize work on test cases for HTML, but if you're interested, please sketch a test case and send it to the mailing list. Attach a test document, please. Maybe it's a simple hello-world test case like "this is a good HTML document, with a title and a couple paragraphs." Or maybe it's a test case that characterizes an issue, like "the HTML 4 spec says this document is no good, but clearly it is, according to current practice." Or perhaps it characterizes an interoperability issue, a la "browser X works as I'd expect with the attached document, but browser Y doesn't." Perhaps you have a goal for this WG; I'd like to think you can make up a document that is relevant to that goal; e.g. if you want some feature that's not in HTML 4, attach a document that uses the new feature, and motivate it in the body of the document. Maybe the motivation will naturally come in the form of a story or use case. Likewise requirements... if you have a requirement, tell us about it and attach a document that does or doesn't meet the requirement (or shows that some software does or doesn't meet the requirement). Please choose the subject of your message carefully, and please start a new thread for each test case, issue, goal, requirement, story, etc. A few people have observed that we owe a Working Draft within 3 months. While that's true, it need not be a specification. It could be a test plan. I think somebody suggested a roadmap as a first publication. I'm not sure I like those ideas, but they're worth brainstorming about. As to what we're starting with, the charter says "A language evolved from HTML4 ..." http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter.html#deliverables I suppose HTML5 and WebForm2 are evolved from HTML4; I welcome brainstorming around those specs too. While we're brainstorming, I'll be following up with a few people about joining the Working Group. I hope within a week or two we'll be in a position to start making some decisions as a group. -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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