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I18N-ISSUE-21: Working Group Decision on ISSUE-56 urls-webarch [HTML5-mail] http://www.w3.org/International/track/issues/21 Raised by: Richard Ishida On product: HTML5-mail Thread: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Mar/0404.html The decision follows. The chairs made an effort to explicitly address all arguments presented in the Change Proposals on this topic in addition to arguments posted as objections in the poll. *** Question before the Working Group *** There is a basic disagreement in the group as how the HTML5 and the IRI specifications are to be aligned, and in fact whether or not it makes sense to to do. The result was an issue, three change proposals, and a survey: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/56 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Feb/0882.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Apr/0147.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Jul/0035.html http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/issue-56-objection-poll/results === Evaluation of objections We find the following objection as expressed in the survey to be strong: I strongly object to relying on IRIBIS, because the IETF WG has failed to deliver on its promised schedule. (Note that the proposal linked to here is over a year old!) As this objection applied to the first two change proposals, our attention turned to evaluating the objections to the third proposal. After identifying a number of arguments which we are unable to consider (see below for details), we were unable to find any objections to the proposal to restore the removed text. *** Decision of the Working Group *** Therefore, the HTML Working Group hereby adopts the Change Proposal to restore the removed text that explained how to translate input strings contained in text/html documents into URIs. Of the Change Proposals before us, this one has drawn the weaker objections. == Next Steps == Bug 8207 is to be REOPENED and marked as WGDecision. Since the prevailing Change Proposal does call for a spec change, the editor is hereby directed to make the changes in accordance to the change proposal. Once those changes are made, ISSUE-56 is to be marked CLOSED. == Appealing this Decision == If anyone strongly disagrees with the content of the decision and would like to raise a Formal Objection, they may do so at this time. Formal Objections are reviewed by the Director in consultation with the Team. Ordinarily, Formal Objections are only reviewed as part of a transition request. Note that Formal Objections that do not provide substantive arguments or rationale are unlikely to receive serious consideration by the Director. == Revisiting this Issue == This issue can be reopened if new information come up. An example of possible relevant new information include: * IETF completing production of a document suitable as a formal reference. == Arguments not considered The following argument was not considered for the reason specified: "The removed text was a complete fantasy" This argument is entirely lacking in specifics. "To make progress, we should go back to the drawing board and turn Roy's proposed text into a concrete change proposal." We only evaluate concrete proposals that are actually received. This issue was raised in June of 2008. A call for alternate or counter proposals was issued in March of 2010. Since that time, not a single Working Group member converted that proposed text into a concrete change proposal. Without a concrete change proposal, we can't evaluate the proposed change for completeness. Without a complete proposal, we can't reasonably solicit objections. Without soliciting objections, we can't chose the proposal that attracts the weakest objections.
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