Re: summary attribute compromise proposal

On Aug 4, 2009, at 1:29 PM, Julian Reschke wrote:

>
>> ...
>>> I agree it's good to make sure @summary is used for what it's  
>>> there; I'm not yet convinced that an unconditional validator  
>>> warning is the right way to get there, though.
>> Do you think it's acceptable as part of a compromise, even if  
>> you're not sure it's ideal?
>> ...
>
> No, not really, as the behavior of validators really is a key  
> question here (next to the (current) guidance not to use it).

What do you think is the proper validator behavior on encountering  
summary="" - keeping in mind that providing no guidance at all to  
authors is likely to be unacceptable to many people?

Regards,
Maciej

Received on Tuesday, 4 August 2009 20:33:18 UTC