- From: Robert Brodrecht <w3c@robertdot.org>
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:51:41 -0700
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On Mar 13, 2007, at 11:58 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: > The WHATWG isn't going to stop; however, we could, with permission > from > Apple, Opera, and Mozilla, have both this HTML working group's > specification and the WHATWG's specification be the same actual > document > (just with different headers and styles). If we do this, I would be > happy > to act as editor for this working group's specification, and would > ensure > that it and the current Web Applications 1.0 specification stay > exactly in > sync (by simply editing one document). As a web developer, I believe this would be for the best. It would drastically reduce the amount of confusion for developers who aren't well versed in the (eventual) recommendations. I believe there are quite a few of us who support having Ian act as editor. It is the most logical step to take if we don't want to have a disparate world wide web. > If the HTML WG and the WHATWG don't publish the same specification, > then > I, on behalf of the WHATWG, will ensure that the two specifications > remain > consistent and compatible, by ensuring that the WHATWG > specification is > always a strict superset or more detailed version of the HTML WG spec. Thanks, Ian. You've put my fears about this to rest.
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