Re: HTML CHANGE PROPOSAL; change definition of URL to normative reference to IRIBIS

Thanks for providing a Change Proposal for this issue! The chairs are  
reviewing Change Proposals to ensure that they meet the required  
structure. Here is our feedback on this Change Proposal:

1) Including the subsequently sent draft text, it seems to include  
sufficient summary, details and impact. The subject line seems like a  
fine one-sentence summary in fact.

2) There does not appear to be a rationale. Please provide a Rationale  
section.

We suggest updating the Change Proposal to reflect the feedback in  
point (2).

Regards,
Maciej


On Nov 5, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Larry Masinter wrote:

> I have updated the proposed draft charter for IRI work in IETF:
>
> http://trac.tools.ietf.org/area/app/trac/wiki/DraftIriCharter
>
> to explicitly calls for the resulting document as being
> suitable as a normative reference from HTML, and points
> to a draft of HTML Editor Requirements at the end of
> http://trac.tools.ietf.org/area/app/trac/wiki/IriWorkGoals.
>
> Please review, accept, or update as necessary, the "HTML
> Editor Requirements" prior to IETF chartering of the
> working group next Tuesday Nov 10.
>
> Assuming the liaison and requirements are acceptable as
> part of the IETF IRI working group charter and we find
> sufficient volunteers for editing, reviewing nad chairing,
>
> I offer a (vague, but I think workable)
>
> CHANGE PROPOSAL FOR HTML:
>
> Based on assuming
> that those requirements are met: please replace the
> definition of URL in the HTML5 specification and all
> descriptions of URL processing in the HTML5 specification
> with specific references to the [IRIBIS] document.
>
>
> I think this includes sections such as
>
> * Determine whether a string best matches Relative
>  or Absolute, e.g., one might say:
>  "Determine whether Absolute or Relative as per [IRIBIS]"
>
> * Determine whether a string is or isn't valid an IRI
>  "Determine whether valid as per [IRIBIS]"
>
> * Offer heuristics for interpreting a user input
>  or other unvalidated string as an IRI
>  "User agents MAY interpret invalid strings as if
>  they were valid in cases where the input is
>  not otherwise validated, as per [IRIBIS]"
>
> * Resolve a relative IRI against a base
>
> As far as timing goes:
>
> Whenever you have a normative specification to another
> specification which is, itself, under development,
> there is some coordination necessary, but this request
> is based on the assumption that it isn't necessary
> to wait for the IRIBIS process to complete in order
> for HTML5 to go to last call prior to its publication
> as Proposed Recommendation.
>
> If there is not an IETF working group to update these
> documents such that they are suitable for reference
> by the HTML working group, then an appropriate change
> proposal would be to put back in the HTML5-only
> URL parsing algorithm that was there before the
> [WEBADDRESS] specification was split out.
>
> Larry
> -- 
> http://larry.masinter.net
>
>

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