- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:27:16 -0700
- To: public-html@w3.org
On Sep 22, 2007, at 8:12 PM, Sander Tekelenburg wrote: > At 12:50 +0300 UTC, on 2007-09-22, Henri Sivonen wrote: > >> [...] HTML5 does *not* aim to be backwards compatible with HTML 4 >> (as HTML >> 4 is specified). >> >> The aim to make HTML5 UAs compatible with existing >> Web content and to make conforming HTML5 documents degrade with some >> grace in notable existing browsers. > > That's yet another Principle :) But you're right, I should have said > something like "HTML5 aims to be as backwards compatible with pre- > HTML5 UAs > as possible". > > Then again, the first sentence if this Principle says "This > principle applies > primarily to the conforming *language*." [emphasis mine] If you really wanted to be precise in a single sencence: "HTML5 Should Try to Make it Possible, Preferably Easy, for Conforming HTML5 Content to Behave Reasonably in Notable Pre-HTML5 HTML User Agents". But that's way too long. Support Existing Content could similarly be renamed to: "HTML5 Should Ensure That Conforming HTML5 Implementations Process Significant Pre-HTML5 HTML Content as Intended". Perhaps I should include these as topic sentences, even though they are too long to be names for principles. Regards, Maciej
Received on Sunday, 23 September 2007 03:27:33 UTC