Re: CfC: Adopt ISSUE-101 us-ascii-ref Change Proposal to replace ASCII reference from Maciej Stachowiak on 2010-06-24 (public-html@w3.org from June 2010)

From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:56:31 -0700
To: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
Cc: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Message-id: <026F3437-BBF7-4F04-BBE2-093E7B1368C8@apple.com>

On Jun 23, 2010, at 3:50 AM, Leif Halvard Silli wrote:

> Henri Sivonen, Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:37:44 +0300:
> 
>> Rationale
>> 
>> To put spec readers ahead of theoretical purity, spec references 
>> should be followable in a browser without paywalls when feasible. In 
>> the case of ASCII, it is feasible.
> 
> The suggested ECMA pdf meets this rationale.

Perhaps someone should write a Change Proposal that requests a reference to the ECMA PDF. Julian's does not list this as an option, even though he has informally said he would be ok with it.

Regards,
Maciej

Received on Thursday, 24 June 2010 04:57:05 UTC