Re: An HTML language specification

ext Lachlan Hunt wrote:
> John Kemp wrote:
>> Are we not then talking simply about a modularity issue?
>>
>> In other words, would it not be possible to make a normative HTML5 
>> language specification, and then reference that specification from 
>> another that defined APIs and so on?
>>
>> One definitive source for the language, and a further definitive 
>> source for the API, referencing the language specification.
> 
> It has already been pointed out that that is effectively the model used 
> by the HTML4 and DOM 2 HTML specs, and it has been shown to be a rather 
> ineffective model for achieving well defined specifications and 
> interoperable implementations.

All I was suggesting was that the exact same HTML5 language which is 
being defined in the current HTML5 draft is put into a separate 
document, describing only the actual language. I believe that is what 
Michael has already attempted.

I fail to see how that particular operation affects the possibility to 
achieve well-defined specifications or interoperable implementations.

Regards,

- johnk