- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:12:54 +0200
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- CC: public-html@w3.org
On 07.04.2010 00:45, Ian Hickson wrote: > On Tue, 6 Apr 2010, Julian Reschke wrote: >> >> But defining these two productions doesn't require defining parsing; you >> simply build them from the more basic elements. > > It would be most convenient if the IRI spec could define this. Naturally, > if it does not then the HTML spec will have to work around this > limitation. However, since it is far easier to define this kind of stuff > in one place rather than spread it around, I don't see why we would want > the IRI spec to not define it. Productive cooperation comes from working > groups working together to achieve the common goal of improving the Web. Motherhood and apple pie :-) On the other hand, interfaces shouldn't contain more than it is needed. "hostport" and "host-specific" appear entirely redundant to me. > ... >>> I've no interest in debating the specifics in this mailing list, since >>> the whole point of the exercise is to move the specifics to another >>> standards organisation altogether. ... >> >> Well, we're not there yet, and I was trying to understand what you think >> is required to get there. > > I think the change proposal summarises precisely what I believe would be > most useful in getting there. It does. What it doesn't say is *why*. Best regards, Julian
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