- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:17:10 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Cc: public-html <public-html@w3.org>
On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, Leif Halvard Silli wrote: > Ian Hickson, Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:12:34 +0000 (UTC): > > On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, Leif Halvard Silli wrote: > >> Ian Hickson, Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:41:03 +0000 (UTC): > >>> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, Leif Halvard Silli wrote: > >>>> > >>>> But Microdata is *already* being designed by only a half or a third > >>>> of the group, despite that it is placed inside the same spec. This > >>>> split will be/is already reflected in the design. > > There is no agreement within this group that we are working closely > together on Microdata, which is what Conway's mandates in order avoid > the effect of the law. Conway's law says that under such circumstances, > things will not end up compatible. I don't think that Conway's law says > that you will always - immediately - be able to pinpoint the > incompatibilities. So in other words, despite you saying that the aforementioned split "will be/is already reflected in the design", it is in fact not reflected, and you cannot point to anything that you think will show such a split? > The current work on Microdata has not had wide support within this > group. And perhaps even less outside this group. I can't see that this > could worsen by being moved into another spec. And hence, Tab's premise > is wrong. That's a complete non-sequitur. Tab's premise, and indeed Conway's law in general, has nothing to do with how much support something has. It has to do with technical design. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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