Re: An HTML5 logo

On 18 Jan 2011, at 9:07 AM, Jeremy Keith wrote:

> Philippe wrote:
>> Today W3C introduced an HTML5 logo for public consideration:
>> http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-8992
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> I, for one, am disgusted (not with the logo, which is very nice, but  
> with the accompanying encouragement to use it to represent CSS,  
> WOFF, etc.):
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> http://adactio.com/journal/4289/
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>> The W3C Communications Team is excited about the HTML5 logo
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> What is the remit of the W3C Communications Team? (I couldn't find a  
> URL). If it is to confuse and conflate separate technologies in the  
> minds of web developers ...top job!


Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for writing. I've been wrestling with this issue for a while.  
The Comm Team uses "Open Web Platform" for the general, unbounded set  
of technologies.  But all signs point to HTML5 being the term that the  
world has chosen for that purpose.

  _ Ian

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