- From: Andrew Sidwell <takkaria@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 22:32:04 +0100
- To: "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com>
- CC: mjs@apple.com, public-html@w3.org
T.V Raman wrote: > Maciej Stachowiak writes: > > > > On May 1, 2007, at 9:11 AM, T.V Raman wrote: > > > > > Well said. > > > In the IETF world, this is called "be lenient in what you > > > consume, be strict in what you produce". > > > > Good news: this is exactly the approach that Web Apps 1.0 takes. It > > has fairly strict conformance requirements for content and content > > producers (in some ways more strict than HTML4), and extremely > > lenient rules that content consumers such as browsers are required to > > implement. In fact, I was planning to cite Postel's Law myself in > > explaining the approach. > > > > Regards, > > Maciej > > Despite your assertion that that's what WA1.0 does, > I think the feedback you're receiving loud and clear from everyone from outside > the community that wrote that spec is to the contrary. To date, > I've seen all of that feedback dismissed rather peremptorily --- > and in some sense, just asserting "that is what we're doing" is > also just as dismissive. > > I personally dont concur with that assertion. AFAICT, WA1 defines lenient error handling and strict conformance criteria. Could you specify where this is not the case? I get the feeling I must be misunderstanding you. Andrew Sidwell
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