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- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:07:58 +0000
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https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=19999 Priority: P2 Bug ID: 19999 CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org, public-html@w3.org Assignee: dave.null@w3.org Summary: resolve normative MIMESNIFF reference to a "Living Standard" QA Contact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org Severity: normal Classification: Unclassified OS: Windows NT Reporter: lmm@acm.org Hardware: PC Status: NEW Version: unspecified Component: HTML5 spec Product: HTML WG A stable specification like W3C HTML5 should not have normative mandatory-to-implement references to other specifications where the references are undated, as reviews, interoperability testing, legal contracts, test suites, conformance cannot be reliably be performed with consistent results. For the [MIMESNIFF] reference, my preferred resolution of this bug would be to make the [MIMESNIFF] reference advisory and informative rather than normative, e.g., referenced as a security consideration. An alternative would be to create a W3C snapshot of some draft of mimesniff.spec.whatwg.org and make a normative reference to _that_. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
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