- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:59:10 +0200
- To: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- CC: HTML WG LIST <public-html@w3.org>
On 2011-09-28 01:47, Sam Ruby wrote: > ... Here's the Change Proposal: SUMMARY The HTML5 spec currently cites IETF Internet Drafts just like any other document. However, Internet Drafts come with the disclaimer: Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." There's no reason for the HTML5 spec not doing this. RATIONALE In addition to the simple fact described above, marking drafts as such will help reviewers better understand that the referenced document is work-in-progress, helping preventing things from progressing on the Rec track while having a normative reference to a document that's not suited as normative reference. See <http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets/#sniff>. DETAILS -- BEGIN DIFF 72437c72437 < 'about' URI scheme</a></cite>, J. Holsten, L. Hunt. IETF.</dd> --- > 'about' URI scheme</a></cite>, J. Holsten, L. Hunt. IETF. Work in Progress.</dd> 72641c72641 < B. Höhrmann. IETF.</dd> --- > B. Höhrmann. IETF. Work in Progress.</dd> 72677c72677 < <dd><cite><a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-websec-origin">The Web Origin Concept</a></cite>, A. Barth. IETF.</dd> --- > <dd><cite><a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-websec-origin">The Web Origin Concept</a></cite>, A. Barth. IETF. Work in Progress.</dd> -- END DIFF IMPACT 1. Positive Effects IETF Internet Drafts referenced as specified by their publisher. References to things that are work-in-progress become more easy to spot. 2. Negative Effects None. 3. Conformance Classes Changes None. 4. Risks None. REFERENCES None.
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