- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:40:29 -0800
- To: Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>
- Cc: Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com>, HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Jan 16, 2010, at 9:47 , Shelley Powers wrote: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com> wrote: >> On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:06:18 +0100, Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I do not work for an implementor, which seems to imbue one with super >>> human markup skills, so you'll have to excuse me if what I perceive >>> support for competing standards by the same standards organization >>> seems to me to be, well, forgive my frankness, the dumbest thing the >>> W3C has done since blink. >> >> The only reasonable alternative is to publish no standard at all. > > No, the only reasonable alternative is for the W3C to continue the > path it has begun many years ago. > I have been with standards groups and trade associations (and indeed, companies) that have refused to do B because it would overlap with, or 'cannibalize' A, even when there was demand and support for B. Refusing to do B has always been a mistake, I'm afraid, no matter how good A is. I take no position on whether RDFa and Microdata are, in fact, in conflict, or overlap, or whether either or both are, in fact, good ideas or in demand. I merely note that I doubt the basis of the argument. David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
Received on Saturday, 16 January 2010 18:41:02 UTC