- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 03:10:09 +0100
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu>, Matt May <mattmay@adobe.com>, "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
Ian Hickson, Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:38:35 +0000 (UTC): > On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, Steven Faulkner wrote: >> linking to them inline would be a good idea >> rather than providing incomplete or inadequate advice or no advice. > > Do you have any supporting arguments for this claim? To be "providing incomplete or inadequate advice" is bad. Period. Exception: The advice is clear about its incompleteness. The text of a hypertext link is clear about its incompleteness ... that's why it points away ... [...] > I would be happy to participate in constructive discussion as to what > suitable advice should be, *based on researched data and reasoning*. A link is also a form of advice, and Steven's argument is that it is suitable. The problem with restating something - in HTML5 - which is ultimately governed by another spec, is that we could land in problems about where the authoritative truth is supposed to be found. I think that if you would provide a link to the authoritative spec, inside the current text, then you would already have taken a step in the right direction. -- leif halvard silli
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