- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:33:30 +0100
- To: Alex Russell <slightlyoff@google.com>
- Cc: "Michael[tm] Smith" <mike@w3.org>, public-html WG <public-html@w3.org>, "www-tag@w3.org List" <www-tag@w3.org>
Alex Russell, Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:14:36 -0500: > Under what conditions can the expectations of producers > and consumers of polyglot documents be simplified by the addition of > polyglot markup to their existing world/toolchain? 1. Polyglot markup exists. The question is if we should have a recommended spec for it. 2. PM has already created value for at least one XML tool (chain) developer.[1] 3. PM shows that one can create fully HTML5-conforming XHTML5 with XML tools. In my view, that is a pretty good value. 4. We often cannot predict when something fails. PM implements many best practice principles = can help you fail less often. 5. Since it implements so many best practice principles, I see PM as a symbol. Many of its features are not features of polyglot markup. E.g. despite some of them's opposition, PM is also a symbol of many of the ideas and features that the brains behind HTML5 has championed. By symbol I mean that while it can be taken literally, it also has value as inspiration and compressed wisdom. [1] http://www.w3.org/mid/20130123111541810665.2bba61d8@xn--mlform-iua.no -- leif halvard silli
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