Re: Complexity of HTML5 (was Re: The Complexity Argument)

Maciej Stachowiak On 09-09-20 03.11:

> On Sep 19, 2009, at 5:47 PM, Steven Rowat wrote:

>> To understand what is are acceptable amounts and types of  
>> complexity, from my perspective it seems useful to see what happens  
>> if we first split "regular web authors" into:
>>    a) people who produce their own content that they wish to have  
>> distributed (or sold) via web pages, versus
>>    b) web-page coders who code to support other people's content  
>> (usually as a profession).

   [...]

> HTML5 does not provide anything specific to enable selling of content,  
> but then, neither did HTML4. E-commerce and revenue models are out of  
> scope for HTML.


I'll use your vague link to what Steven said to say the following:

If "people who produce their own content that they wish to have 
distributed (or sold) via web pages" is out of scope for HTML5, 
then you are confirming what Steven said.
-- 
leif halvard silli

Received on Sunday, 20 September 2009 10:36:23 UTC