- From: Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:40:09 -0600
- To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- CC: Chris Weber <chris@lookout.net>, "PUBLIC-IRI@W3.ORG" <PUBLIC-IRI@w3.org>
On 9/20/11 6:21 PM, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: > * Chris Weber wrote: >> From IETF81 and even earlier it was decided that this would be a >> "target document to be referenced by HTML5." Can we use this thread to >> have a discussion, raise questions, and define the scope for this >> document more clearly? > > I think there are two extremes: one is that "HTML5" can say "Oh, URI and > IRI stuff, check this RFC, that's all" and the other is that "HTML5" has > no need to contradict what we specify but is not aided much beyond that. > I think the working group should make a specification that does not have > to be contradicted; anything beyond that is quite optional as far as the > "'HTML5' requirement", or any other "user"-specific requirement goes. > > (Note that this is not "HTML5"-specific; I think that it's bad to have a > base specification that you need to override at a higher level; in con- > trast, having a base specification that you have to clarify or otherwise > limit at a higher level, that's much better. I think it was a mistake to > adopt any "HTML5" specific requirement as a matter of principle.) I think that is the right approach. Now we need to find one or two people who can volunteer to edit the specification... Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/
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