- From: Smylers <Smylers@stripey.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:08:37 +0100
- To: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Philip TAYLOR (Ret'd) writes:
> Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
>
> > In which case, why not use a term that doesn't have a precise
> > definition, but is well understood in general, like "web address" ?
>
> because loose ("imprecise") terminology has no place in a standard.
But if HTML 5 adopts the term, then HTML 5 will define it -- most
precisely!
The problem is that we have a definition, but no term for it. Attempts
to re-use an already defined word (but with a slightly different
meaning) have yielded objections from those already familiar with the
current meaning.
So if we don't re-define an existing term, then by necessity it will be
a term that, until now, hasn't had a precise definition.
Smylers
Received on Sunday, 29 June 2008 09:09:21 UTC