- From: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 22:10:40 +0100
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
hi Ian, >I think your document >should have the same normative status as Lachlan's document or Mike's >document, that is, an informative addendum to the spec. That is your opinion, but it is not the status the document is being published under. if you are willing to add a reference to the alt spec in the html5 spec, please do so, if not please respond to the bug, so it can be escalated. regards Stevef On 8 June 2010 21:13, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, Steven Faulkner wrote: >> >> I would like to draw your attention this bug as i consider it important >> that readers of the HTML5 specification have a clear understanding that >> the author conformance criteria detailed in 4.8.2.1.1 to 4.8.2.1.11 of >> the spec are not authoritative and that an alternative set of >> conformance criteria are being developed and published by the HTML wg. > > I do not believe the working group has made a decision on this. Personally > I would be extremely strongly opposed to moving the conformance criteria > for the alt="" attribute out of the HTML spec. I think your document > should have the same normative status as Lachlan's document or Mike's > document, that is, an informative addendum to the spec. > > (There's a big difference between agreeing to publish something and > agreeing that it should replace something else. I personally encourage > everyone to publish anything they like, even if I disagree with what they > are proposing; that does not indicate that I support their proposals.) > > -- > Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL > http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. > Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG Europe Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org Web Accessibility Toolbar - http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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