- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:43:05 +0200
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
Maciej Stachowiak, Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:56:31 -0700:
> Perhaps someone should write a Change Proposal that requests a
> reference to the ECMA PDF. [...]
UPDATE: I suggest linking to the ECMA-6 homepage [a] instead of
directly to the PDF [b].
This is similar to how HTML5's UNICODE reference [c] links to a
particular homepage [d] at unicode.org. The ECMA-6 homepage also refers
to [ANSI X3.4] by stating the following: "This Ecma publication is also
approved as ISO/IEC 646." (ANSI X3.4 being a predecessor of ISO/IEC 646
[e].)
[a]
http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-006.htm
[b]
http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/Ecma-006.pdf
[c] http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/references.html#refsUNICODE
[d] http://www.unicode.org/versions/
[e] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_646#History
UPDATED proposal hereby submitted:
SUMMARY
Replace HTML5's current ASCII reference [1] with a link to
the ECMA-6 homepage [2].
RATIONALE
The ECMA-6 homepage [2] offers free download of ECMA-6 – "also
approved as ISO/IEC 646" – in PDF format [3]. This is similar to
how HTML5’s UNICODE link refers to a homepage at unicode.org,
from which one must navigate oneself to the relevant version.
By contrast, HTML5's current reference is the 103 pages long
plain text version of RFC1345 [1], which only at page 47 has 18
lines about ASCII - including an ASCII table, some aliases for
the 'ASCII' name plus references (but no links) to real ASCII
specs, including the 'pay-walled' ANSI_X3.4-1968 and 3rd edition
of ECMA-6 [&alias ISO_646.irv:1991]. Readers will have problems
seeing in what way RFC1345 is relevant, and in what way it
(including the other 102 pages) is not.
DETAILS
Replace the reference to [1] with a reference to [2].
IMPACT
Positive Effects
* the ECMA-6 homepage gives free access to a PDF with ECMA-6.
* the ECMA-6 homepage explains briefly what it is and how it
is relevant, presenting ECMA-6 as parallel to ISO/IEC 646.
* the ECMA-6 spec is a self contained reference, independent
from other (non-online) resources.
* a homepage link instead of big file link has advantages:
- fast access
- forward looking, in case of standard updates
Negative Effects
* none
CONFORMANCE CLASSES CHANGES
None
RISKS
None
REFERENCES
[1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1345.txt
[2]
http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-006.htm
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