- From: Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:47:18 -0800
- To: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- CC: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
> How about this: before we start contemplating solutions to the problem > of sharing the namespace with XHTML2, we should understand why the > problem needs to exist in the first place. It is fundamental to the nature of standards-making that groups engaged in defining standards consist mainly of organizations otherwise engaged in competition, and completely unrealistic to expect agreement on motivations purpose, intent, background, history or other non-technical subjects. So no: I don't think we need to agree on "why the problem exists" in order to accept that there is a problem, or to come to consensus on a potential solution, even if we each come with a completely different motivation or justification for addressing the problem. Regards, Larry -- http://larry.masinter.net
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