Re: i18n Polyglot Markup/NCRs (7th issue)

> >>  You may also want to consult bug 9300 [2]. It shows that if we
> >>  want to
> >> create a maximum compatibility specification, then decimal NCRs are
> >> sometimes more IE compatible than hexadecimal ones are.

What does any version of IE have to do with determining if a given document is polyglot (X)HTML5?

If the goal is to recount what documents are polyglot, inferences should be made from specs--not from IE behavior (or the behavior of any particular piece of software).

If the goal is to recount how to write legacy IE-safe HTML5, the publication shouldn't pretend to be about polyglotness.

Please, please, don't write another Appendix C that conflates incomplete and vague assertions about legacy browser behavior with purported XML compatibility.

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Henri Sivonen
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Received on Monday, 19 July 2010 08:29:11 UTC